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title: בַּעֲלָה — Baalah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּעֲלָה (1173), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Baalah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּעֲלָה

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«בַּעֲלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Baalah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1173 · **BDB:** בַּעֲלָה²

### Glosses

Baalah (4); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Baalah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1173/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1173/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Jos 15:9, 10, 11, 29 1 Ch 13:6 = קִרְיַת בַּעַל Jos 15:60; 18:14 (city of Baal, from a high place of Baal there) = בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה 2 S 6:2 (We Dr read בעל; י added by dittogr.; so-called as seat of Baal-worship in Judah, in distinct. from like places elsewhere) = קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Jos 9:17 v. 15:9 1 Ch 13:6; a city of Judah;? Kirjat elʿEnab RobBR ii. 11 TristrTpg..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּעֲלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1173/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.29/)

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בַּעֲלָ֥ה וְעִיִּ֖ים וָעָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* Baalah and Iim and Ezem

*JPS 1917:* Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;

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[Joshua 15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.9/)

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וְתָאַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל מֵרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֗ר אֶל־מַעְיַן֙ מֵ֣י נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ וְיָצָ֖א אֶל־עָרֵ֣י הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן וְתָאַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ בַּעֲלָ֔ה הִ֖יא קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns the border from the.top of the.mountain to the.spring of.the.waters of.Nephtoah and it.goes.out to the.cities of.the.mountain of.Ephron and it.turns the border Baalah that \[is\].Kiriath Jearim

*JPS 1917:* And the border was drawn from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah — the same is Kiriath-jearim.

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