Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Better: "is up, is above, is elevated". In what sense depends on our  
understanding and perception of context, circumstances and allusions.  
Possibly even a buck on a doe.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Philip Hardy wrote:

>  Then "Be Up" or "be elevated". (as in elevated to the high places)  
> maybe self aggrandizement or lifting "up" others before יהוה  
> mabey this is what it is alluding to?
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Isaac Fried
> > Sent: 08/03/12 10:40 AM
> > To: Philip Hardy
> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] יהוה vs הבעל
> >
> > A Hebrew "personal" name need not, in my opinion, be a word. I  
> > think that the name BAAL is the composition BA-AL, where BA is  
> > 'be' ('come' in the existential sense), and where AL is 'up', as  
> > in our EL and ELOHIYM.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> > On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:53 AM, Philip Hardy wrote:
> >
> > > The word BAAL is or any English word(s) that derived from the  
> > > same Hebrew word that BAAL derived from, namely בעל, the  
> > > original Hebrew almost always has "הבעל". This I believe is  
> > > best conveyed or rendered in English as "the owner", "the  
> > > husband", "the master", or "the lord".