H1185 H1185
Baalis (personal name: king of Ammon who conspired to assassinate Gedaliah)
This personal name (possibly meaning 'son of delight') identifies the Ammonite king who sent Ishmael to assassinate Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah after Jerusalem's fall (Jeremiah 40:14). His conspiracy succeeded, leading to Gedaliah's murder and further destabilization of the post-586 BC remnant community. Some manuscripts read 'Baalim' instead.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of the Ammonite king in Jeremiah 40:14 who orchestrated Gedaliah's assassination. Transliterated as 'Baalis' in most versions, this foreign ruler exploited Judah's weakness after the exile to pursue Ammonite political interests, contributing to the chaos that drove many Jews to flee to Egypt. 1×
AR["بَعْلِيسَ"]·ben["বাআলীস"]·DE["[בעליס]"]·EN["Baalis"]·FR["[בעליס]"]·heb["בעליס"]·HI["बालीस"]·ID["Baalis"]·IT["[בעליס]"]·jav["Baalis"]·KO["바알리스"]·PT["Baalis"]·RU["Баалис"]·ES["Baalis"]·SW["Baalisi"]·TR["Baalis"]·urd["بعلیس"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּעֲלִיס 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).