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title: בָּעַל — marry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּעַל (1166), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: marry. BDB 1906: vb. marry, rule over loathe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּעַל

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«בָּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **marry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 1166 · **BDB:** בָּעַל

### Glosses

married (2); they (2); I.am.master (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

marry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1166/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. marry, rule over loathe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1166/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. marry, rule over (cf. Arabic بَعَلَ = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic ብዕለ to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COTGloss., Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine)— Pf. Mal 2:11 + 6 times Impf. יִבְעַל Is 62:5(×2); Pt. sf. בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Is 54:5; pass. f. בְּעוּלָה Is 54:1 + 3 times;— marry Gn 20:3 (E) Dt 21:13; 22:22; 24:1 Is 54:1, 5; 62:4, 5(×2) Mal 2:11; sq. בְּ Je 3:14; 31:32 be lord (husband) over. Je 3:14; 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic بَعَلَ be disgusted, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (sq. בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating 3:14 as I. בָּעַל). rule over 1 Ch 4:22 (sq. לְ) Is 26:13. Impf. תִּבָּעֵל Pr 30:23 Is 62:4 be married.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1166/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.23/)

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תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי־תִירַ֥שׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃פ

*Word for word:* under a.\[woman.who.is\].hated (dm) she.will.be.married and a.female.servant (dm) she.will.dispossess mistress her

*JPS 1917:* For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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[Isaiah 26:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.13/)

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יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ בְּעָל֥וּנוּ אֲדֹנִ֖ים זֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָ לְבַד־בְּךָ֖ נַזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh God our they have.ruled.over.us lords except you only in you we.bring.to.remembrance name your

*JPS 1917:* O LORD our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; but by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.

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