Word

בָּעַל

bâʻal · H1166 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

to rule

Action by which someone exercises authority over other people

Examples
Isaiah 26:13 LORD, our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we confess Your name.
to marry

Action by which a man takes a woman as his lawful wife

Examples
Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.”
Deuteronomy 21:13 “She shall also remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may have relations with her and become her husband and she shall be your wife.
Deuteronomy 22:22 “If a man is found sleeping with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who slept with the woman, and the woman; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

12 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

הָher 2
בַּתdaughter 1
בְּתוּלָהvirgin, young woman 1
ךְyou 1
נוּus 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 5 groups

זוּלָהexcept+ ךָּyou 1
בin/on/with+ כֶםyou 1
בin/on/with+ הֶםthem 1
לto/for+ מוֹאָבMoab 1
לto/for+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

בַּעַלowner, master, husband 2
ךְyou 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1
עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Control002003002007: בָּעַל describes exercising dominion or ownership over something, the root sense underlying its marital use, as reflected in the legal framing of a husband's authority over his wife in passages like Deuteronomy 22:22.
Associate002003002002: The verb most concretely describes entering the marital relationship itself, "to marry" or "become husband to," as in Genesis 20:3's description of Sarah as "married" (בְּעֻלַת בָּעַל), marking the bond of marriage as an association between two people.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּעַלbâʻal · H1166בַּעַל baʻal · H1167 · master, owner, possessor · 83×בַּעֲלָה baʻălâh · H1172 · mistress, owner, possessor · 4×בְּעֵל bᵉʻêl · H1169 · chancellor · 3×בַּעֲלִי Baʻălîy · H1180 · master, owner, possessor · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1166. baal בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic = own, possess, especially a…

H1166. baal
בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COTGloss, Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine) **Jer 3:14; Jer 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic be disguated, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (followed by בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jer 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating Jer 3:14 as I. בָּעַל). —
Qal Perfect Mal 2:11 Mal 2:6t.; Imperfect יִבְעַל Isa 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Isa 54:5; passive feminine בְּעוּלָה Isa 54:1 Isa 54:3t.; —
1 marry Gen 20:3 (E) Deu 21:13; Deu 22:22; Deu 24:1; Isa 54:1, Isa 54:5; Isa 62:4-5, (twice in verse); Mal 2:11; followed by בְּ Jer 3:14; Jer 31:32 be lord (husband) over.
2 rule over 1Ch 4:22 (followed by לְ) Isa 26:13.
Niph`al Imperfect תִּבָּעֵל Pro 30:23; Isa 62:4 be married.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Control1 occurrence Marry14 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0