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To: HiTech RedNeck

” Thus we read of the “ba’al” of a house, of land, of goods, of a woman (that is, as a husband). It is also generalized so far as to be a mere noun of relation. Thus a “ba’al of dreams”is a dreamer; a “ba’al of anger” is an angry man; a “ba’al of wings” is a bird; a “ba’al of edges” is two-edged; “ba’alim of a covenant” are allies; “ba’als of an oath” are conspirators. Further, a “ba’al” may be the owner of animals (Isa. i. 3; Ex. xxi. 28 et seq.), but not of men as slaves or subjects, for the phrase in Isa. xvi. 8, the “ba’alim” of the nations, implies dominion over regions rather than over people. “Ba’al” in Hebrew is therefore essentially different from “adon,” which implies personal sway and control. When any divinity is called “ba’al” or “a ba’al,” the designation must be understood to imply not a ruler of men, but a possessor or controller of certain things. On the other hand, the Assyrian (Babylonian) “bÄ“l,” originally the same word, implies especially lordship over men, though it is also, as in all north-Semitic languages, used as a mere noun of relation. In Arabic “ba’al,” as applied to persons, is confined to the meaning of “husband.””
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2236-ba-al-and-ba-al-worship


33 posted on 02/13/2016 6:35:52 AM PST by HLPhat (Preventing Global Cooling one tank full at a time!)
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To: HLPhat

None of which hand waves away the existence of a kingdom of a real Satan.

It is you who are begging the question in your presumptuous ignorance.

I left my presumptuous ignorance. How about you?


35 posted on 02/13/2016 6:39:19 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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