to anger Pr 22:24 ; ב׳ החכמה one having wisdom Ec 7:12 ; ב׳ משׁחית destroyer Pr 18:9 ; ב׳ כנף winged thing, bird Pr 1:17 Ec 10:2 0; ב׳ נפשׁ one given to appetite Pr 23:2 ; ב׳ מזמות mischievous person Pr 24:8 ; ב׳ הלשׁון charmer Ec 10:11 ; ב׳ רשׁע one given to wickedness Ec 8:8 ; ב׳ פיפיות double-edged Is 41:15 ; ב׳ משׁפט adversary Is 50:8 ; פקדת ב׳ captain of the ward Je 37:13 ; ב׳ הקרנים two-horned Dn 8:6 , 20 . b. בַּעֲלֵי : בּ׳ בְּרִית confederates Gn 14:13 ; ב׳ חצים archers Gn 49:23 (poet.) ב׳ הפרשׁים horsemen 2 S 1:6 ; ב׳ שׁבועה conspirators Ne 6:18 ; ב׳ אספות members of assemblies; or well- grouped sayings; or collectors (of wise sentences) Ec 12:11 .—On 2 S 6:2 v. II . בַּעֲלָה . ( בַּעַל in Hex not J or P ; בעל Lv 21:4 Ö ἐξάπινα = כבלּע Nu 4:20 : Di בְּאֵבֶל ). Especially II. lord , specif. as divine name, • Baal. 1. without article: במות בעל Nu 22:41 (poet. Balaam); בעל פעור Nu 25: 3, 5 ( E ) Dt 4:3 ( vid. below). This divine name is not used elsewhere in Hex . It probably originated from the sense of divine ownership, rather than sovereignty ( RS Sem 92). It seems to have been used in Northern Israel = אדון in the South. It was the special name of the God of the Canaanites, Philistines, etc., = Babylonian בֵּל , cf. Schr SK 1874, 335 ff. In later times scribes substituted בֹּשֶׁת , in n.pr. ( ירבשׁת = ירבעל , אשׁבשׁת = אשׁבעל , vid. בֹּשֶׁת , Gei ZMG 1862, 728 ff .), & also in the text for בעל Ho 9:10 Je 11:13 (hence ἡ βάαλ Je 2:2 3; 7:9 ; 11:13 , 17 ; 19:5 Ho 2:10 ; 13:1 +, Rom 11:4 , see Di Baal mit d. weib. Artikel, MBA 1881, June 16 Dr 2 S 4: 4). 2. c. art. : הַבַּעַל Ju 2:1 3; 6:25 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 1 K 16:3 1, 32 (×2); 18:19 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 26 (×2), 40 ; 19:18 ; 22:54 2 K 3: 2; 10:18 , 19 (×2), 20 , 21 (×3), 22 , 23 (×3), 25 , 26 , 27 (×2), 28 ; 11:18 (×2); 17:16 ; 21:3 ; 23:4 , 5 2 Ch 23:17 (×2) Je 2: 8; 7:9 ; 11:13 , 17 ; 12:16 ; 19:5 (×2); 28:13 , 27 ; 32:29 , 35 Ho 2:1 0; 13:1 Zp 1: 4. 3. הַבְּעָלִים emphatic pl. ( cf. האלהים , האדונים ) the great lord, the sovereign owner Ju 2:1 1; 3:7 ; 8:33 ; 10:6 , 10 1 S 7: 4; 12:10 1 K 18:18 2 Ch 17: 3; 24:7 ; 28:2 ; 33:3 ; 34:4 Je 2:2 3; 9:13 Ho 2:15 , 19 ; 11:2 (or local special Ba˓als , vid. Dr Sm p. 50; pillars of Baal MV ). 4. c. attrib. : בַּעַל בְּרִית Lord of covenant Ju 8:2 3; 9:4 ( cf. אל ברית 9:4 6; Nö ZMG
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SK Studien u. Kritiken . Gei A. Geiger.
×3 three times. MV Gesenius, Handwörterbuch über das A. T. , edd. F. Mühlau & W. Volck.