Lexical Definition

‎בָּעַל‎ bâʻal (baw-al') Married ^N:N-F-P
a primitive root; also as denominative from ‎בַּעַל‎

have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).

• to be master
• hence, to marry

1) to marry, rule over, possess, own
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to marry, be lord (husband) over
1a2) to rule over
1b) (Niphal) to be married

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּעַל‎ verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COT^Gloss, Aramaic ‎בְּעַל‎ take possession of wife or concubine) **Jer 3:14; Jer 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic be disguated, derive from II. ‎בָּעַל‎ loathe (followed by ‎בְּ‎); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jer 31:32 read ‎גָּעַלְתִּי‎ (treating Jer 3:14 as I. ‎בָּעַל‎). —

Qal Perfect Mal 2:11 + 6 t.; Imperfect ‎יִבְעַל‎ Isa 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix ‎בֹּעֲלַיִךְ‎ Isa 54:5 passive feminine ‎בְּעוּלָה‎ Isa 54:1 + 3 t.; —

1. marry Gen 20:3 (E) Deut 21:13; Deut 22:22; Deut 24:1; Isa 54:1; Isa 54:5; Isa 62:4; Isa 62:5 (twice in verse); Mal 2:11 followed by ‎בְּ‎ Jer 3:14; Jer 31:32 be lord (husband) over.

2. rule over 1Chr 4:22 (followed by ‎לְ‎) Isa 26:13. Niph`al Imperfect ‎תִּבָּעֵל‎ Prov 30:23; Isa 62:4 be married.

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