Baal

Etymology
From (as in the Vulgate) and ; from,  and , all from.

Pronunciation

 * ; boll (some US speakers); ball, bawl (some US speakers)
 * ; boll (some US speakers); ball, bawl (some US speakers)
 * ; boll (some US speakers); ball, bawl (some US speakers)
 * ; boll (some US speakers); ball, bawl (some US speakers)

Proper noun

 * 1)  A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
 * 2)  Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
 * 3)  One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.

Usage notes
The latinized spelling and anglicized pronunciation is still used for the expanded senses, but modern scholarship increasingly notes the ayin of the original name by spelling it or  and pronouncing it more in line with the original Hebrew form. Misunderstood as a solar deity by 19th century scholarship; misunderstood as a collective term for various patron gods by 19th and 20th century scholarship prior to the discovery of inscriptions at Ugarit showing these to have been understood as aspects of a single divinity, whose worship gradually supplanted that of El. These aspects are sometimes distinguished by epithets:, , , etc.

The Hebraic plural is particularly used for its appearances in the Bible, where it may refer to gods or idols of the god. The anglicized plural is more common in other contexts.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic: בעל
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Baalo
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Βάαλ
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: バアル,
 * Korean: ^바알
 * Maore Comorian: Ɓaali
 * Marathi: बाल
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Bàal
 * Tajik: Баъл
 * Thai: บาอัล
 * Urdu: بعل
 * Uzbek: Baʼl
 * Vietnamese: Ba-an, Ba-anh, Ba Anh

Etymology
First attested as barla around 850. Compound of and. Compare, , , , and.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Semitic heathen god

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Baal

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  false god
 * 1)  false god

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

The sense "social gathering for dancing" is a, from.

Noun

 * 1) ball
 * 2) ball