H1168b H1168b
Baal (II); a place name in Simeon and a personal name for a Reubenite and two Gibeonites.
Distinguished from the deity name Baal, this homograph functions as both a place name and a personal name. As a place, it designates a city in the tribal territory of Simeon (1 Chr 4:33), identified with Baalath-Beer elsewhere. As a personal name, it is borne by a Reubenite (1 Chr 5:5), and by a Gibeonite ancestor of Saul listed in 1 Chronicles 8:30 and 9:36. The name's association with the Canaanite deity is incidental here — these are simply individuals and a town bearing a once-common Semitic name meaning 'lord' or 'master.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper noun — either a Simeonite town (1 Chr 4:33, equivalent to Baalath-Beer) or a personal name borne by a Reubenite (1 Chr 5:5) and a Gibeonite (1 Chr 8:30; 9:36). French and German render it in brackets ([בעל]) as a transliteration, while Spanish and English use 'Baal' directly. Unlike the deity Baal worshipped by Canaanites, this homograph functions purely as a geographic or genealogical identifier, though both derive from the common Semitic root meaning 'lord, master, owner.' 4×
AR["بَعل", "وَبَعْل"]·ben["ও-বাল", "বাল"]·DE["[בעל]", "[ובעל]"]·EN["Ba'al", "and-Baal"]·FR["[בעל]", "[ובעל]"]·heb["בעל", "ו-בעל"]·HI["और-बाल", "बाल"]·ID["Baal", "dan-Baal"]·IT["[בעל]", "[ובעל]"]·jav["Baal", "lan-Baal"]·KO["그-와-바알", "그리고-바알", "바알"]·PT["Ba'al", "Baal", "e-Baal"]·RU["Ваал", "Ваала", "и-Бааль", "и-Ваал"]·ES["Baal", "y-Baal"]·SW["Baali", "na-Baali"]·TR["Baal", "ve-Baal"]·urd["اور-بعل", "بعل"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. בַּ֫עַל 1. n.pr.loc. city in the tribe of Simeon 1 Ch 4:33 = בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר. 2. n.pr.m. a. a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:5; b. a Gibeonite 1 Ch 8:30; 9:36.