בעל זבוב
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Hebrew
Etymology
| Roots |
|---|
| ב־ע־ל (b-ʿ-l) |
| ז־ב־ב (z-b-b) |
From בַּעַל (baʿal, “lord, master; Baal”) + זְבוּב (zvuv, “fly”, the insect), appearing in the Hebrew Scriptures as the purported name of a deity worshipped by the Philistines in Ekron. It's likely this was not the god's actual name and instead was a polemic against the deity, possibly by associating the figure with defecation (hence flies).
Proper noun
בַּעַל זְבוּב • (Ba'al Zvuv) m
- Beelzebub, the lord of the flies, a Philistine god sometimes identified by Jews and Christians with Satan