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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ADORAZIONE DI BAAL. IDOLATRIA