بَعَلَ ( ba˓ala ) 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 ). 2. rule over 1 Ch 4:22 ( sq. לְ ) Is 26:13 . Niph. Impf. תִּבָּעֵל Pr 30:23 Is 62:4 be married .
• I . בַּעַל S 1167, 1168, 1181 TWOT 262a GK 1251, 1252166 n.m. owner, lord ( Ph. בעל ; Palm. id. husband Vog 62 cf. Bae Rel. 72 ff.; Assyrian bêlu l.c. Dl Gram. Gloss.; Arabic بَعْلٌ ( ba˓lun ) husband etc., v. especially Nö ZMG 1886, 174 , Sab. בעל CIS iv. 1, 2) — Gn 20:3 + 92 times; sf. בַּעְלִי Ho 2:1 8; בַּעְלָהּ Dt 24:4 + 5 times; pl. בְּעָלִים Ju 2:11 + 17 times; cstr. בַּעֲלֵי Gn 14:13 + 27 times; sf. בְּעָלָיו Ex 21:29 + 14 times; בְּעָלֶיהָ Jb 31:39 + 2 times; בַּעְלֵיהֶן Est 1:17 , 20 ;—I. 1. owner (often pl. c. sf. in sg. meaning): of ox Ex 21:28 , 29 (×2); 22:10 , 11 , 13 , 14 ( E ); ב׳ הבור of pit Ex 21:34 , 36 ( E ), of house Ex 22:7 ( E ) Ju 19:22 , 23 , debt Dt 15:2 , the land Jb 31:39 , the ass Is 1:3 , goods Ec 5:10 , riches Ec 5:12 ; ב׳ טוב one to whom good is due Pr 3:27 , gain Pr 1:19 ; ב׳ שׂכל one having understanding Pr 16:22 ; ב׳ השׁחד receiver of the gift Pr 17:8 . 2. husband Gn 20:3 Ex 21: 3, 32 ( E ) Dt 22:22 ; 24:4 2 S 11:26 Jo 1:8 Pr 12: 4; 31:11 , 23 , 28 Est 1:17 , 20 ; בַּעְלִי Ho 2:18 ( my Baal , reference to the divine name used in the northern kingdom, here for the first time forbidden). 3. citizens, inhabitants: בַּעֲלֵי of Jericho Jos 24:11 ( E ), of the high places of Arnon Nu 21:28 ( E ), of Shechem Ju 9:2 + 12 times, of the tower of Shechem Ju 9:46 , 47 , of the city Ju 9:51 , of Gibeah Ju 20:5 , of Keilah 1 S 23:11 , 12 , of Jabesh 2 S 21:12 . 4. rulers, lords: בַּעֲלֵי גֹויִם Is 16: 8. 5. n. of relation: a. בַּעַל : ב׳ החלמות dreamer Gn 37:19 ( E ); דברים ב׳ whosoever hath cases, complaints Ex 24:14 ( E ); ב׳ שׂער an hairy man 2 K 1:8 ; ב׳ חמה wrathful Na 1:2 Pr 29:2 2; ב׳ אף one given
JosKi Joseph Kimchi. Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. 12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;
Gie F. Giessebrecht. Du B. Duhm.
Ph. Phenician. Palm. Palmyrene. Vog C. J. M. de Vogüé, Syrie Centrale. Bae F. Baethgen, Beiträge zur Semitischen Religionsgenschichte
l.c. in loco citato. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch. Nö T. Nöldeke .
ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. Sab. Sabean.
CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. sg. singular.