Etymology?:
from bāʿal בָּעַל ‘to marry’
Roots:
בעל
baʿal n, m
1) owner, husband, lord
1a) owner
1b) a husband
1c) citizens, inhabitants
1d) rulers, lords
1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)
Mentioned in Genesis 20:3, 14:13, 37:19, 49:23 Exodus 24:14, 21:28, 21:29, 21:36, 22:13, 22:7, 21:3, 22:10, 22:11, 22:14, 21:22, 21:34 Codex Leviticus 21:4 Numbers 21:28 Deuteronomy 21:13, 15:2, 24:4, 22:22 Joshua 24:11 Judges 9:18, 9:3, 9:6, 9:20, 9:23, 9:24, 9:25, 9:39, 9:47, 9:2, 9:26, 19:23, 19:22, 9:7, 9:46, 9:51, 20:5 1 Samuel 23:12, 23:11 2 Samuel 11:26, 1:6, 21:12 2 Kings 1:8, 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:16 Isaiah 1:3, 50:8, 16:8, 41:15 Jeremiah 37:13 Joel 1:8 Nahum 1:2 Proverbs 17:8, 16:22, 18:9, 22:24, 29:22, 3:27, 23:2, 1:19, 31:23, 12:4, 31:28, 31:11, 1:17, 24:8 Job 31:39 Ecclesiastes 8:8, 12:11, 10:11, 5:10, 10:20, 5:12, 7:12 Esther 1:17, 1:20 Daniel 8:6, 8:20 Nehemiah 6:18