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FYI, "Baal" is a much later invention. In ancient Hebrew, the word "Ba'al" means lord/master/husband and is often used as a honorific.
by Pay08 3mo ago
FYI, "Baal" is a much later invention. In ancient Hebrew, the word "Ba'al" means lord/master/husband and is often used as a honorific.
- pfdietz 3mo agoBaal was an Ugaritic god. Ugarit is one of the cities that was famously destroyed in the LBAC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugarit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugarit
- tsimionescu 3mo agoThe god Baal, or his more complete name Baal Hadad, Lord Hadad, is attested in one of the longest pieces of literature we have from the ancient middle east - the Baal cycle, written circa 1100-1300 BCE in Ugaritic, a different semitic language - which is in fact older than the oldest attestation we have of the Hebrew language; but you're right that Baal meant "Lord/Master/Owner" in various Canaanite languages. Calling gods "(The) Lord" is a very common tradition in many languages and cultures, certainly in that area (see Adonai as well). Elijah and king Ahab lived in ~830 BCE, for reference.