Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

What is Bel? It is related (in Hebrew everything is interrelated) to  
the בול עץ BUL EC, 'block of wood', (not that the BAAL is made of  
a block of wood) of Is. 44:19. As to BABEL, as I have said before, a  
name need not be a word, and its parsing may be open to more than one  
interpretation. It is possibly related to TEL ABIYB of Ez. 3:15. The  
partition BABEL=BAB-EL, with BAB (recall the BAB-AT AYIN of Zec.  
2:12) rendered 'door', so as to make BAB-EL = 'god's door', is cute.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 7, 2012, at 4:18 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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