Baʻl
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bal"
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Proper noun
editBaʻl
- Alternative form of Baal.
- 1980, E. Theodore Mullen, “The Roles of ʼĒl and Baʻl in Canaanite Mythology”, in The Divine Council in Canaanite and Early Hebrew Literature, , page 9:
- One of the most perplexing problems in the study of Canaanite religion and mythology is the relationship between the high god ʼĒl and the storm-god Baʻl as they are represented in the mythological texts from ancient Ugarit.
- 2011, Pritchard, James B., editor, The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures[1], Princeton University Press, page 295:
- I am Azitawadda, the blessed of Baʻl, the servant of Baʻl, whom Awrikku made powerful, king of the Danunites.
- 2018, Maria Giulia Amadisi Guzzo, José Ángel Zamora, “The Phoenician Marzeaḥ”, in Studia Eblaitica[2], volume 4, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 198:
- The Phoenician text is followed by a short summary in Greek, where Shamaʻbaʻl ("Baʻl listens") has the Greek name Διοπείθης ("Obeying Zeus").