Lexical Definition

‎בְּעֵל‎ bᵉʻêl (beh-ale') commander ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎בַּעַל‎

[phrase] chancellor.

• {a master
• hence, a husband,}

1) owner, lord

Extended Information

Aramaic of: בַּעַל

• Aramaic of ba.al (‎ב‎ַּ‎ע‎ַ‎ל‎ ": master" בַּעַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: בַּעַל
‎בְּעֵל‎ (K^{§ 54, 3} γ) noun masculine owner, lord (Syriac , used similarly; compare Biblical Hebrew ‎בַּ֫עַל‎, √ ‎בָּעַל‎; also ᵑ7 ‎בְּעֵיל‎); — construct ‎מְֿעֵם‎‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17 i.e. commander (Andr^{M 56* as translation of} Persian fram¹t¹r, commander).

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