Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Spinti <jspinti AT eisenbrauns.com>]

Philip,

It is related to Bel in that the Akkadian dropped the Ayin over time and the 
two vowels reduced to an e sound. Babel is from an entirely different root.

HTH,
James
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On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Philip Hardy wrote:

> Is word Baal related to Babel or Bel?
> Philip Hardy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Isaac Fried
> Sent: 08/07/12 03:33 PM
> To: Nir cohen - Prof. Mat.
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal
> 
> In what sense is BAAL ( the Greek Appolo?) a "deity"? Is he "the master of 
> the universe"? Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:06 PM, 
> Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote: > as to "baal" the deity 
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