| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Baal |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ba·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b   l |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Ba·als or Ba·al·im (--l m)
1. Any of various local fertility and nature gods of the ancient Semitic peoples considered to be false gods by the Hebrews. 2. often baal A false god or idol. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew ba‘al, lord, Baal. See bcl in Appendix II. | | OTHER FORMS: | Baal ism —NOUN
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