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baʿal ḥānān בַּ֫עַל חָנָן ‘Baal-hanan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from baʿal בַּעַל ‘master’ and ḥānan חָנַן ‘be gracious / be loathsome’
Roots: בעל חנן

baʿal ḥānān pr n m pers
Baal-hanan = "Baal is gracious"
1) an early king of Edom
2) one of David's officers, a Gederite, who had the superintendence of his olive and sycamore plantations

Mentioned in Genesis 36:39, 36:38 1 Chronicles 27:28, 1:50, 1:49

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