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Baal
(Baal)
Pronunciation:
/bɑːl/
(also
Bel
/bɛl/)
a male fertility god whose cult was widespread in ancient Phoenician and Canaanite lands.
Origin:
from Hebrew
ba‘al
'lord'
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