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Hos 2:13 And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the LORD.
I always thought Baal was a god of the heathens back in the times of the Israelites. But this isn't Baal, it's Baals, (or Baalim, if you're into KJV.) Plural.
So looked it up, and one of my Dead Guys says Baal means "possessor." As in "the god who owns that land." Makes sense, in context. But, given I've been spending this many decades thinking it was some (cruel) god from that area, (who didn't really exist, mind you), or a vague city referenced in Genesis, I'm wondering what else I don't know about what that word means. I already hit Strong's, Nave's, and ISBD, if you'd like to cut down on what I do know now.
Got any nuggets on the word that you'd like to pass along? Anything else I'm missing?
I always thought Baal was a god of the heathens back in the times of the Israelites. But this isn't Baal, it's Baals, (or Baalim, if you're into KJV.) Plural.
So looked it up, and one of my Dead Guys says Baal means "possessor." As in "the god who owns that land." Makes sense, in context. But, given I've been spending this many decades thinking it was some (cruel) god from that area, (who didn't really exist, mind you), or a vague city referenced in Genesis, I'm wondering what else I don't know about what that word means. I already hit Strong's, Nave's, and ISBD, if you'd like to cut down on what I do know now.
Got any nuggets on the word that you'd like to pass along? Anything else I'm missing?