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title: בַּעֲלִיס — Baalis · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּעֲלִיס (1185), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Baalis. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּעֲלִיס

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«בַּעֲלִיס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Baalis** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1185 · **BDB:** בַּעֲלִיס

### Glosses

Baalis (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Baalis [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1185/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1185/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (GrMonatsschrift, 1885, 471 reads בַּעְלִיס; = בֶּן־עֲלִיס son of delight? cf. sub בְּ) king of Ammonites Je 40:14 (Codd. \& JosAnt.. x, 9, 2 read בעלים).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּעֲלִיס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1185/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 40:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.14/)

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו הֲיָדֹ֤עַתֵּדַע֙ כִּ֞י בַּעֲלִ֣יס ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֗וֹן שָׁלַח֙ אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֔ה לְהַכֹּתְךָ֖ נָ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־הֶאֱמִ֣ין לָהֶ֔ם גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.said to him at all.(know)? do.you.know (dm).that Baalis the.king of.the.people of.Ammon he.has.sent (et) Ishmael the.son of.Nethaniah to strike you life and not he.believed (to) them Gedaliah the.son of.Ahikam

*JPS 1917:* and said unto him: 'Dost thou know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take thy life?' But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

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