Baal
Ba'al (;Arabic,بعل; Hebrew: בעל) (ordinarily spelled Baal in English) is a
Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the
Levant, cognate to
Assyrian Bēlu. "Ba'al" can refer to any god and even to human officials; in some texts it is used as a substitute for
Hadad, a god of the rain, thunder, fertility and agriculture, and the
lord of Heaven. Since only priests were allowed to utter his divine name Hadad, Ba'al was used commonly. Nevertheless, few if any
Biblical uses of "Ba'al" refer to
Hadad, the lord over the assembly of gods on the holy mount of Heaven, but rather refer to any number of local spirit-deities worshipped as
cult images, each called ba'al and regarded as a false god.
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Baal-hamon
Ba'al-Hamon ("Ruler of a Crowd or a Multitude") was a place mentioned in
Song of Solomon 8:11, as the location of a productive vineyard owned by
Solomon, who let out the vineyard to tenants, each of whom was to bring him a thousand silver shekels.The locale has been supposed to be identical with
Baal-gad, and also with
Hammon in the tribe of Asher (
Joshua 19:28). Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Palestine, near Dothaim. Some readers have suggested that it is not to be taken as a literal place, but a figurative indication to the wealthy realm over which Solomon ruled.
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Baal-Hammon
[Other] The chief deity of Phoenician Carthage and a fertility god. His cult spread to Malta, Sardinia and Sicily, and sacrificing children played an important role in this cult. His names means something like "lord of the incense-altars". The Greek equated him with their Cronus and the Romans with Saturn. His wife is Tanit.