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title: בַּעַל — Baal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּעַל (lemma:בַּעַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:בַּעַל · **BDB:** בַּ֫עַל

### Glosses

Baal (3); \[was\].Baal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Baal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5dc/#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, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e2_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.5/)

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מִיכָ֥ה בְנ֛וֹ רְאָיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ בַּ֥עַל בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Micah son his \[was\].Reaiah son his \[was\].Baal son his

*JPS 1917:* Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son;

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[1 Chronicles 8:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.30/)

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וּבְנ֥וֹ הַבְּכ֖וֹר עַבְדּ֑וֹן וְצ֥וּר וְקִ֖ישׁ וּבַ֥עַל וְנָדָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and son his the firstborn \[was\].Abdon and Zur and Kish and Baal and Nadab

*JPS 1917:* and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab;

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