𐤁𐤏𐤋

Phoenician

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʕl/

Noun

𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)

1. lord, master
2. owner, master
3. husband
4. Baal ("The Lord"), a title of the storm god Hadad
5. baal ("lord"), an epithet of various Levantine gods
6. burgher, citizen

Descendants

• Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)
• → English: Baal, baal

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, pages 110–111
• Kerr, Robert Martin (2006) “Mibil – A Latin reference to Punic curiae?”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[1], volume 36, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 83–93

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl), from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /baʕl/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /baʕl/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)

1. lord, master
2. Baal
3. burgher, citizen

Derived terms

• 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 (bʿlt, “citizenry”, collective)
• 𐤌𐤁𐤏𐤋 (mbʿl /⁠mibʿīl⁠/) and 𐤌𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 (mbʿlt, “citizen assembly, curia”)

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, pages 110–111
• Kerr, Robert Martin (2006) “Mibil – A Latin reference to Punic curiae?”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[2], volume 36, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 83–93