Lexical Definition

‎בַּעֲלָה‎ Baʻălâh (bah-al-aw') (Mount) Baalah ^N:N--L
the same as ‎בַּעֲלָה‎

Baalah.

• § Baalah = "mistress"
• Baalah, the name of three places in Palestine

1) another name for Kirjath-jearim or Kirjath-baal; modern Kuriet el Enab
2) a town in the south of Judah, also called Balah and Bilhah

Extended Information

name of: קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

• Baalah = "mistress"
• or Kirjath-baal; modern Kuriet el Enab
• Another name of qir.yat ye.a.rim (‎ק‎ִ‎ר‎ְ‎י‎ַ‎ת‎ ‎י‎ְ‎ע‎ָ‎ר‎ִ‎ים‎ "Kiriath-jearim" קִרְיַת יְעָרִים)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎בַּעֲלָה‎ proper name, of a location Josh 15:9; Josh 15:10; Josh 15:11; Josh 15:29; 1Chr 13:6 = ‎קִרְיַת בַּעַל‎ Josh 15:60; Josh 18:14 (city of Baal, from a high place of Baal there) = ‎בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה‎ 2Sam 6:2 (We Dr read ‎בעל‎; ‎י‎ added by dittograph; so-called as seat of Baal-worship in Judah, in distinct. from like places elsewhere) = ‎קִרְיַת יְעָרִים‎ Josh 9:17 see Josh 15:9; 1Chr 13:6 a city of Judah; ? Kirjat el`EnabRob^{BR ii. 11} Tristr^Tpg.

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