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[b-hebrew] Ba'al Bel Etymology

From: Bill <wrschmidt2 AT comcast.net>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Ba'al Bel Etymology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:36:52 -0400

Greetings,

I was just wondering if it would be at all reasonable to hypothesize that Ba'al and/or Bel were derived from an earlier 'Ba 'father' + 'L followed by the loss of the initial glottal stop.

Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can give me with this.

Bill

[b-hebrew] Ba'al Bel Etymology, Bill, 09/15/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ba'al Bel Etymology, George Athas, 09/15/2009