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title: בַּעַל — Baal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּעַל (1168), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 77 times: Baal. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּעַל

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«בַּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Baal** — 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:** 77 times · **Key:** 1168 · **BDB:** בַּ֫עַל

### Glosses

Baal (54); Baals (15); \[the\].Baal (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Baal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1168/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1168/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city in the tribe of Simeon 1 Ch 4:33 = בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר. n.pr.m. a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:5; a Gibeonite 1 Ch 8:30; 9:36.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1168/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.28/)

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וַיַּשְׁמֵ֥ד יֵה֛וּא אֶת־הַבַּ֖עַל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.destroyed Jehu (et) (the) Baal from Israel

*JPS 1917:* Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

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[2 Kings 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.20/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יֵה֗וּא קַדְּשׁ֧וּ עֲצָרָ֛ה לַבַּ֖עַל וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jehu consecrate an.assembly to (the) Baal and they.proclaimed.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.

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