בָּעַל
ba.al (H1166I)
rule: to rule
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# Ba'al (בָּעַל) - "To Rule" The Hebrew verb ba'al carries the fundamental meaning of "to rule" or "to exercise dominion." With twelve occurrences throughout the biblical text, this term belongs to a core vocabulary of authority and governance. The word's semantic field centers on the exercise of power and control, positioning it among the basic verbs through which ancient Hebrew speakers conceptualized leadership and dominance. The relative rarity of this particular form—appearing in only a dozen instances—suggests it was not the everyday term for rulership but rather served a more specific or formal function within biblical discourse. The consistency of its definition across these occurrences indicates a stable, straightforward meaning without significant variation in application. This straightforwardness makes ba'al a direct and unambiguous expression of the concept of rule within biblical Hebrew.
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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 a man’s wife.”
If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
“Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says Yahweh.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.