Baal

Definition: Baal

Baal

Noun

1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god.

"Baal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lord", "a possessor", "master", "lord".

Date "Baal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Baal

Domain	Definitions
Satire	BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had the honor to be served by the priest Berosus, who wrote the famous account of the Deluge; as Babel he had a tower partly erected to his glory on the Plain of Shinar. From Babel comes our English word "babble." Under whatever name worshiped, Baal is the Sun-god. As Beelzebub he is the god of flies, which are begotten of the sun's rays on the stagnant water. In Physicia Baal is still worshiped as Bolus, and as Belly he is adored and served with abundant sacrifice by the priests of Guttledom. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Bible	Baal lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is identified with Molech (Jer. 19:5). It was known to the Israelites as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3), was worshipped till the time of Samuel (1 Sam 7:4), and was afterwards the religion of the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31-33; 18:19, 22). It prevailed also for a time in the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 8:27; comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2 Chr. 28:2), till finally put an end to by the severe discipline of the Captivity (Zeph. 1:4-6). The priests of Baal were in great numbers (1 Kings 18:19), and of various classes (2 Kings 10:19). Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1 Kings 18:25-29. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or "lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords." Each Baal had a wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself. (2.) A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same probably as Baal-ath-beer (1 Chr. 4:33; Josh. 19:8). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Baal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Baal is a Semitic word which primarily signifies lord or owner, thus the deity inhabiting a specific place, and the relationship of the deity to his worshipper. In the latter usage it originally indicated, not explicitly that the god was the lord of the worshipper, but rather he was the possessor of, or ruler in, some place or district. The Baals of different tribes or sanctuaries were not necessarily conceived as identical, so that we find frequent mention of Baalim, or rather "the Baalim" in the plural.

In accordance with the Semitic perspective on family and religious relations, the word is specially appropriated to express the relation of a husband to his wife.

Baal the Canaanite God

Baal, son of El, was the chief god in Ugarit, inherited by Canaanites and Phoenicians. Part of our knowledge of Baal and his mythology comes from the cuneiform writings in Ugaritic found in Ugarit since 1928. Before this discovery, the character of Baal was almost entirely based on the books written after 622/21 BCE by the post-exilic writers in the restored Temple at Jerusalem, who execrated Baal and demonized the god under his translated name in Hebrew, Moloch (q.v).

In Ugaritic his name was Haddu The Syrian name of Baal as storm and thunder mountain-god was Hadad (compare the Akkadian 'Adad'), and so 'Baal Hadad' in his role as lord of the storm, governing the rain and thus the germination of plants. He was the protector of life and growth in the agrarian society in this region. The absence of Baal causes dry periods, starvation and death.

At Ugarit, in the fragmentary Baal mythic cycle, Baal assaulted and overcame the god El, said to live on the mountain Sapan, which probably means "north" or simply "the mountain of the gods". The Hebrew word "safon" means "north". This mountain has been identified with present-day Jabal al-Aqra in Hittite called Hazi and in Latin Mons Casius. This mountain, 1780 metres high, stands 15 km north of the site of Ugarit, clearly visible from the site of the city.

Baal repeatedly also battles two lower gods: Mot, the god of death, and Yamm, the god of the sea. The many-headed sea-dragon named in Hebrew Leviathan, which appears in the Old Testament, is often associated with Yamm and regarded as one of the most obvious influences of Canaanite religion on the Hebrew Tanach. In the Mediterranean area, the crop fields were often threatened by winds, storms and floods from the sea, which gives a plausible reason to why this mythology developed.

Baal and Yahweh

That the Israelites even applied the title of Baal {lord) to Yahweh himself is proved by the occurrence of such names as Jerubbaal (Gideon), Eshbaal (one of Saul's sons) and Beeliada (a son of David). The last name also appears as Eliada, showing that El (plural Elohim, 'the gods') was regarded by the Hebrews as equivalent to Baal: compare the name Be’aliah, "Yahweh is baal" (or lord), which survives in I Chronicles 12:5. However, in the 7th century BCE, when the name Baal was restricted to contexts of idolatrous worship, abhorrence for the word was marked by writing the vowels of bosheth ('shameful thing') for baal in compound proper names, and thus we get the forms Ishbosheth, Mephibosheth.

Baal and 'Baalim'

The great difficulty which has been felt by investigators in determining the character and attributes of the god Baal mainly arises from the original appellative sense of the word, and many obscure points become clear if we remember that when a title becomes a proper name it may be appropriated by different peoples to quite distinct deities. Baal being originally a title, and not a proper name, the innumerable baals could be distinguished by the addition of the name of a place or of some special attribute. Accordingly, the Baals are not to be regarded necessarily as local variations of one and the same god, but as distinct numina. Each community could speak of its own Baal, although a collection of allied communities might share the same cult, and naturally, since the attributes ascribed to the individual Baals were very similar, subsequent syncretism was facilitated.

The Baal, as the chief deity of each worshipping group, is the source of all the gifts of nature; as the god of fertility all the produce of the soil is his, and his adherents bring to him their tribute of first-fruits. He is the patron of all growth and fertility, and, by the use of analogy characteristic of early thought, the Baal is the god of the productive element in its widest sense. Originating probably in the observation of the fertilizing effect of rains and streams upon the receptive and reproductive soil, baalism becomes identical with nature-worship. Joined with the baals there are naturally found corresponding female figures known as Ashtaroth, embodiments of Ashtoreth (see Astarte, Ishtar).

In accordance with notions of analogy, which assume that it is possible to control or aid the powers of nature by the practice of sympathetic magic (see Magic (paranormal)), sexuality characterized part of the cult of the baals and Ashtaroth. Post-Exilic allusions to the cult of Baal Peor suggest that orgies prevailed. On the summits of hills and mountains flourished the cult of the givers of increase, and "under every green tree" was practised the licentiousness which was held to secure abundance of crops. Human sacrifice, the burning of incense, violent and ecstatic exercises, ceremonial acts of bowing and kissing, the preparing of sacred mystic cakes (see also Asherah), appear among the offences denounced by the post-Exilic prophets; and show that the cult of Baal (and Astarte) included the characteristic features of Heathen worship which recur in various parts of the Semitic world, although attached to other names.

A 'heavenly' Baal?

By an easy transition the local gods of the streams and springs which fertilized the increase of the fields became identified with the common source of all streams, and proceeding along this line it was possible for the numerous Baals to be regarded eventually as mere forms of one absolute deity. Consequently, the Baal could be identified with some supreme power of nature, e.g. the heavens, the sun, the weather or some planet. The particular line of development would vary in different places, but the change from an association of the Baal with earthly objects to heavenly is characteristic of a higher type of belief and appears to be relatively later. The idea which has long prevailed that Baal was properly a sky-god affords no explanation of the local character of the many baals; on the other hand, on the theory of a higher development where the gods become heavenly or astral beings, the fact that ruder conceptions of nature were still retained (often in the unofficial but more popular forms of cult) is more intelligible.

A specific Baal of the heavens appears to have been known among the Hittites in the time of Rameses II, and considerably later, at the beginning of the 7th century, it was the title of one of the gods of Phoenicia. In Babylonia, from a very early period, Baal became a definite individual deity, and was identified with the planet Jupiter. This development is a mark of superior culture and may have been spread through Babylonian influence. Both Baal and Astarte were venerated in Egypt at Thebes and Memphis in the nineteenth Dynasty, and the former, through the influence of the Aramaeans who borrowed the Babylonian spelling Bel, ultimately became known as the Greek Belos who was identified with Zeus.

Of the worship of the Tyrian Baal, who is also called Melkart (king of the city), and is often identified with the Greek Heracles, but sometimes with the Olympian Zeus, we have many accounts in ancient writers, from Herodotus downwards. He had a magnificent temple in insular Tyre, founded by Hiram, to which gifts streamed from all countries, especially at the great feasts. The solar character of this deity appears especially in the annual feast of his awakening shortly after the winter solstice. At Tyre, as among the Hebrewss, Baal had his symbolical pillars, one of gold and one of smaragdus, which, transported by phantasy to the farthest west, are still familiar to us as the Pillars of Hercules. The worship of the Tyrian Baal was carried to all the Phoenician colonies. His name occurs as an element in Carthaginian proper names (Hannibal, Hasdrubal, etc.), and a tablet found at Marseilles still survives to inform us of the charges made by the priests of the temple of Baal for offering sacrifices.

The history of Baalism among the Hebrews is obscured by the difficulty of determining whether the false worship which the prophets stigmatize is the heathen worship of Yahweh under a conception, and often with rites, which treated him as a local nature god; or whether Baalism was consciously recognized to be distinct from Yahwism from the first. Later religious practice was undoubtedly opposed to that of earlier times, and attempts were made to correct narratives containing views which had come to be regarded as contrary to the true worship of Yahweh. The Old Testament depicts the history of the people as a series of acts of apostasy alternating with subsequent penitence and return to Yahweh, and the question whether this gives effect to actual conditions depends upon the precise character of the elements of Yahweh worship brought by the Israelites into Palestine. This is still under dispute. There is strong evidence at all events that many of the conceptions are contrary to historical fact, and the points of similarity between native Canaanite cult and Israelite worship are so striking that only the persistent traditions of Israel's origin and of the work of Moses compel the conclusion that the germs of specific Yahweh worship existed from his day.

The earliest certain reaction against Baalism is ascribed to the reign of Ahab, whose marriage with Jezebel gave the impulse to the introduction of a particular form of the cult. In honour of his wife's god, the king, following the example of Solomon, erected a temple to the Tyrian Baal (Melkart). This, however, did not prevent him from remaining a follower of Yahweh, whose prophets he still consulted, and whose protection he still cherished when he named his Sons Ahaziah and Jehoram ("Yahweh holds", "Yahweh is high"). The antagonism of Elijah was not against Baalism in general, but against the introduction of a rival deity.

But by the time of Hosea, a further advance was marked, and the use of the term "Baal" was felt to be dangerous to true religion. Thus there gradually grew up a tendency to avoid the term, and in accordance with the idea of Exodus 23:13, it was replaced by the contemptuous basheth, "shame" (see above). However, the books of Deuteronomy and Jeremiah afford complete testimony for the prevalence of Baalism as late as the exile, but prove that the clearest distinction was then drawn between the pure worship of Yahweh the god of Israel and the inveterate and debased cults of the gods of the land.

See also Adramelech, Baal Hammon, Baal Peor, Moloch.

Baal, Beelzebub and the New Testament

The relationship between Baal and Baal-zebub Beelzebub is due to the disregard the monotheistic Judaism felt for Pagan gods, which corrupted Baal's Canaanite epithet Baal-zebul into Baal-zevuv, later Baal-zebub, Beel-zebub and Beelzebub.

Baal not only was used as a proper name for the god, but it also can be translated, besides of the above-mentioned, "master", and so Baal-zebul has the meaning "Baal, the Prince" (being Baal used as a proper name), "our Lord, the Prince" or "our Master, the Prince". The deliberate corruption into Baal-zevuv changed the meaning into "Lord of the Flies" to show the dispraise of the Israelites for the god (compare with a similar corruption referring to Moloch); the late corruption into Beelzebub has the same meaning.

In the New Testament, following later Jewish practice, Baal is only mentioned as Beelzebub: (Matthew 10:25 and 12:24, Mark 3:22, and Luke 11:18-19). Matthew and Mark identify him as the "prince of demons", and Luke openly compares him with Satan.

During the European Middle Age Baal and Beelzebub were separated into two different demons (see also Baal (demon) and Beelzebub).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Baal."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Baal

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BAAL	English	Black Academy of Arts and Letters	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Baal

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Idolatry	Idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates; Baal.
Jupiter	Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).
Pseudo-Revelation	Golden calf; Baal, Moloch, Dagon.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Baal

English words defined with "Baal": Baal Merodach, Baalim, Baalism, Baalite ♦ Jezebel. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Baal": Baal Samin, Baal Shemesh, Baal Zeboub, Baalath-beer, Baal-tamar ♦ Companions of Jehu ♦ Draught-house ♦ Ethbaal, Eth-baal ♦ Gur-baal ♦ Mattan ♦ Ram Feast ♦ Sylvester. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Baal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (bale), Dutch (bale), German (Baal), Latin (Baal), Manx (Baal), Maya (brother-in-law), Portuguese (Baal), Swedish (Baal), Turkish (Baal), Wolof (to excuse,forgive).

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Modern Usage: Baal

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Baal (1970)

Les Compagnons de Baal (1968)

Livets baal (1912)

Baal (1990)

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Commercial Usage: Baal

Domain	Title
Books	Baal (reference) Baal Haturim Chumash - Bereishis: The Torah with the Baal Haturim Classic Contemporary Translated, Annotated, and Elucidated (reference) In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht: The Earliest Collection of Legends About the Founder of Hasidism) (reference) Outside the House of Baal (reference) The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Introduction With Text, Translation and Commentary of Ktu 1.1.-1.2 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Vol 55) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Hologram of Baal (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Usage Frequency: Baal

"Baal" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.27% of the time. "Baal" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	77.27%	34	59,261
Adjective (general or positive)	22.73%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	44	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Baal

"Baal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lord", "a possessor", "master", "lord".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Baal".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Meribbaal	N/A	Biblical	He that resists Baal
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
The following table summarizes names related to "Baal."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Baal	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Beelzebub	Male	Biblical	Baal
Hannibal	Male	History	Baal
Hasdrubal	Male	History	Baal
Baltazar	Male	Judeo-Christian Legend	Baal
Baal	Male	Near Eastern Mythology	N/A
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Expressions: Baal

Expression using "Baal": Baal Merodach. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Baal": Baal-berith, Baal-gad, Baal-hamon, Baal-hanan, Baal-hazor, Baal-hermon, Baal-melqart, Baal-meon, Baal-peor, Baal-perazim, Baal-shalisha, Baal-tamar, Baal-zebub, Baal-zephon.
	Ending with "Baal": Bamoth-baal, Bryn-y-baal, bryny-baal, Esh-baal, Eth-baal, Gur-baal, Kirjath-baal, Merib-baal.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Baal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
baal	152
baal shem tov	16
baal worship	15
baal throne	13
baal elijah prophets	7
baal picture	4
baal god	4
baal elvis	4
baal teshuva	4
baal peor	4
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Modern Translations: Baal

Language		Translations for "Baal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		Baäl. (various references)

Albanian		Idhull (fetish, graven image, hero, idol, pippin). (various references)

Bulgarian		�'аал. (various references)

Dutch		Baäl. (various references)

Esperanto		Baalo. (various references)

German		Baal. (various references)

Hungarian		barika (baal-lamb), bari (baal-lamb). (various references)

Manx		jee breagagh, Baal. (various references)

Pig Latin		aalbay.(various references)

Portuguese		Baal. (various references)

Russian		�'аал. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		semitsko božanstvo. (various references)

Swedish		Baal. (various references)

Turkish		Baal, Sahte Tanrı, Fenike Ve Kartaca Tanrısı. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Baal

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	baal, baalanam. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Baal

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 11, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Alla ti legei autw o crhmatismoV katelipon emautw eptakisciliouV andraV oitineV ouk ekamyan gonu th baal
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sed quid dicit illi responsum divinum reliqui mihi septem milia virorum qui non curvaverunt genu Baal
Old English	990	West Saxon	And hwæt wæs him Godes andswaru? "Ic me hæbbe gesyndred seofonþusande þe nabbað him gehnigen cneo for Baalam."
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But what seith Goddis answere to hym? Y haue left to me seuene thousyndes of men, that han not bowid her knees bifore Baal.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But what sayth the answer of god to him agayne? I have reserved vnto me seven thousande men which have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
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Matched Bible Translations: Baal

Language	Romans Chapter 11, Verse 4
Bulgarian	както е писано: "Бог им даде дух на безчуствие, очи �" да не виждат и уши �" да не чуват".
Cebuano	Apan unsa may gitubag sa Dios kaniya? "Alang sa akong kaugalingon may gitagana ako nga pito ka libo ka mga tawo nga wala makapilo sa ilang mga tuhod ngadto kang Baal."
Chinese	神的回話是怎麼說的呢．他說、『我為自己留下七千人、是未曾向巴力屈膝的。』
Croatian	Pa što mu veli Božji glas? Ostavih sebi sedam tisuæa ljudi koji ne prignuše koljena pred Baalom.
Danish	Men hvad siger det guddommelige Gensvar til ham?"Jeg har levnet mig selv syv Tusinde Mænd, som ikke have bøjet Knæ for Bål."
Dutch	Maar wat zegt tot hem het Goddelijk antwoord? Ik heb Mijzelven nog zeven duizend mannen overgelaten, die de knie voor het beeld van Baal niet gebogen hebben.
Finnish	Mutta mitä sanoo hänelle Jumalan vastaus? "Minä olen jättänyt itselleni seitsemäntuhatta miestä, jotka eivät ole notkistaneet polvea Baalille."
French	Mais quelle réponse Dieu lui fait-il? Je me suis réservé sept mille hommes, qui n`ont point fléchi le genou devant Baal.
German	Aber was sagt die göttliche Antwort? "Ich habe mir lassen übrig bleiben siebentausend Mann, die nicht haben ihre Kniee gebeugt vor dem Baal."
Haitian Creole	Men repons Bondye te ba li: Mwen gen sètmilòm (7.000) pou mwen ki pa janm mete jenou yo atè devan Baal.
Hungarian	De mit mond néki az isteni felelet? Meghagytam magamnak hétezer embert, a kik nem hajtottak térdet a Baálnak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Apakah jawaban Allah kepada Elia? Allah menjawab, "Aku sudah meninggalkan tujuh ribu orang untuk diri-Ku sendiri. Mereka belum pernah menyembah Dewa Baal."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi apakah yang diwahyukan kepadanya? Aku ada lagi tinggal bagi diri-Ku tujuh ribu orang laki-laki yang tiada bertelut kepada Baal.
Italian	Cosa gli risponde però la voce divina? ginocchio davanti a Baal.
Korean	� � 에 게 하 � 대 답 이 무 엇 이 뇨 내 가 나 를 위 하 여 �" 알 에 게 무 릎 을 꿇 지 아 니 한 사 람 � 천 을 남 겨 두 었 다 하 셨 으 니
Latvian	Bet ko saka viòam Dieva atbilde? - Es atstâju sev septiòus tûkstoðus vîru, kas savus ceïus nav locîjuði Baala priekðâ.
Maori	Heoi e pehea ana te whakahoki a te Atua ki a ia? E whitu mano tangata kua waiho e ahau maku, kahore nei i piko te ture ki a Paara.
Modern Greek	Αλλα τι αποκρινεται προς αυτον ο Θεος; Αφηκα εις εμαυτον επτα χιλιαδας ανδρων, οιτινες δεν εκλιναν γονυ εις τον �'ααλ.
Norwegian	Men hvad sier Guds svar til ham? Jeg har levnet mig syv tusen menn som ikke har bøiet kne for Ba'al.
Portuguese	Mas que lhe diz a resposta divina? Reservei para mim sete mil varões que não dobraram os joelhos diante de Baal.
Rumanian	Dar ce -i rqspunde Dumnezeu? ,,Mi-am pqstrat wapte mii de bqrbayi, cari nu wi-au plecat genunchiul knaintea lui Baal.``
Russian	юФП ЦЕ ЗПЧПТЙФ ЕНХ вПЦЕУЛЙК ПФЧЕФ? с УП�'МАМ уЕ�'Е УЕНШ ФЩУСЮ ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ОЕ � ТЕЛМПОЙМЙ ЛПМЕОЙ � ЕТЕ�" чББМПН.
Shuar	Tura Yus ayak Tímiayi "Siati mir (7000) aishmankan Israer-shuarnumia apujtumsaruitjai. Nu shuar ántar-yus Páaran tikishmatrachu ainiawai" Tímiayi Yus.
Spanish	Pero, ¿qué le dice la respuesta divina? He dejado para mí siete mil hombres que no han doblado la rodilla delante de Baal.
Swahili	Je, Mungu alimjibu nini? Alimwambia: "Nimejiwekea elfu saba ambao hawakumwabudu Baali."
Swedish	Och vad får han då för svar av Gud? "Jag har låtit bliva kvar åt mig sju tusen män, som icke hava böjt knä för Baal."
Thai	แล้วพระเจ้าทรงตอบท่านว่าอย่างไร ว่า�"ังนี้ `เราไ�"้เหลือคนไว้สำหรับเราเจ็�"พันคน ซึ่งเป็นผู้ที่มิไ�"้น้อมเข่าลงต่อรูปพระบาอัล'
Ukrainian	Та що каже йому Божа відповідь: Я для Себе зоставив сім тисяч мужа, що перед �'аалом колін не схилили.
Uma	Na'uli' -ki Alata'ala hewa toi: "Neo' nu'uli' hadudua-nu-damo to mpotuku' -a. Ria-ra-pidile to kupetoro-e, pitu ncobu-rapa. Hira' toe bate bagia-ku, uma-ra mepue' hi pinotau to rahanga' Baal."
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Derivations & Misspellings: Baal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Baal": baalim, baalism, baalisms, baals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Baal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abal, abhal, Abill, Baac, baael, Baai, Baak, Babala, Babale, Babalu, Babaly, Bacale, Bacl, Baelz, Bafa, bafal, Bahal, Baill, Bakal, Balah, Balal, Balao, baral, Baraul, Batala, baual, Bavay, Bawa, Bemal, Biala, Bila, Bsaa, Bual, Bukalo, Bwaa, Nbaa, Pbkal, Sbaa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Baal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: alba.
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-l"
	-1 letter: aal, aba, ala, alb, baa, bal, lab.
	-2 letters: aa, ab, al, ba, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l"
	+1 letter: albas, baals, balas, balsa, banal, basal, cabal, labia, labra, tabla.
	+2 letters: abelia, ablate, ablaut, ablaze, abolla, aboral, abulia, albata, arable, atabal, baalim, bacula, balata, balboa, ballad, balsam, balsas, barbal, basalt, bharal, biaxal, cabala, cabals, kabala, labara, labial, lambda, lavabo, tablas.
	+3 letters: abalone, abaxial, abaxile, abelian, abelias, abettal, abigail, ablated, ablates, ablauts, abollae, aboulia, abulias, abuttal, abysmal, abyssal, actable, addable, affable, affably, albatas, albinal, albizia, algebra, allobar, amiable, amiably, arables, atabals, baalism, bacalao, badland, baklava, baklawa, balance, balases, balatas, balboas, ballade, ballads, ballast, balneal, balsams, banally, barilla, basally, basalts, basilar, basinal, bathyal, bharals, biaxial, blatant, bradawl, cabalas, cabbala, cambial, capable, capably, datable, eatable, fabliau, fabular, fadable, falbala, fleabag, galabia, hatable, jellaba, kabalas, kabbala, kalimba, labarum, labella, labials, labiate, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, mailbag, makable, namable, pabular, palabra, parable, payable, payably, ratable, ratably, salable, salably, savable, sayable, subalar, tableau, tabular, takable, tamable, tambala, taxable, taxably, wadable, wallaby.
	+4 letters: abalones, abapical, abasedly, abatable, abbatial, abettals, abigails, ablating, ablation, ablative, ablegate, abnormal, abomasal, aborally, aboulias, abusable, abuttals, adorable, adorably, adumbral, agitable, albacore, albizias, albizzia, algaroba, algebras, alliable, allobars, alphabet, ambulant, ambulate, amenable, amenably, amicable, amicably, amusable, anableps, anabolic, arbalest, arbalist, arbitral, arboreal, arguable, arguably, atonable, avowable, avowably, baalisms, bacalaos, bacillar, backhaul, backland, backlash, backslap, backtalk, badlands, bailable, bailsman, baklavas, baklawas, balanced, balancer, balances, baldhead, baldpate, balisaur, ballades, balladic, balladry, ballasts, ballgame, ballhawk, ballista, ballpark, ballyrag, balmoral, balsamed, balsamic, banality, banalize, bangtail, bankable, barbital, barillas, barnacle, baronial, barrable, basaltes, basaltic, baseball, basidial, basilary, basilica, battalia, beanball, bearable, bearably, beatable, berascal, betrayal, biannual, bicaudal, bifacial, bilabial, bimanual, binaural, biracial, biradial, blackcap, blamable, blamably, blastema, blastoma, blastula, blatancy, boatable, boatload, brachial, braciola, bracteal, bradawls, brantail, cabalism, cabalist, caballed, cabbalah, cabbalas, cableway, cabrilla, calabash, callable, callback, cannibal, capabler, carbamyl, carbaryl, cartable, cascabel, cascable, cashable, castable, causable, clambake, claybank, damnable, damnably, dateable, djellaba, drapable, drawable, eatables, erasable, evadable, fabliaux, faceable, fahlband, falbalas, fallback, faltboat, farmable, fastball, flabella, flambeau, flatboat, fleabags, fleabane, foamable, framable, gainable, galabias, galabieh, galabiya, galbanum, glabella, glabrate, gnawable, gradable, grazable, habdalah, habitual, hairball, halfback, halfbeak, handball, hangable, hardball, hateable, healable, hearable, heatable, inarable, jailbait, jellabas, kabbalah, kabbalas, kalimbas, kielbasa, labarums, labdanum, labially, labiated, labiates, labrador, labrusca, lambaste, lambasts, landgrab, lapboard, lapsable, larboard, laudable, laudably, lavaboes, layabout, leasable, loanable, mailable, mailbags, makeable, mappable, maskable, meatball, nameable, packable, palabras, palpable, palpably, palpebra, parables, parabola, parsable, passable, passably, pawnable, payables, placable, placably, playable, playback, prebasal, radiable, raisable, rateable, rateably, readable, readably, reapable, sailable, sailboat, saleable, saleably, salvable, salvably, satiable, satiably, saveable, scabland, scalable, scalably, sealable, shakable, shamable, shapable, sharable, shavable, slakable, sparable, statable, subaxial, subnasal, swayable, tableaus, tableaux, tabulate, tailback, takeable, talkable, tambalas, tameable, tannable, tastable, taxables, tearable, tradable, trapball, valuable, valuably, variable, variably, wadeable, walkable, washable, wastable, wearable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.