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Egyptian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- Baal, a storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons
- c. 1289 BCE, Temple of Karnak, east wing, bottom register, relief of Seti I defeating Shasu bedouin on the road to Gaza, lines 5–7:[1]
- sḫm jb mj bꜥrw nj wn ḥsj sw jm.f hrw ṯzw n(j) sky
- Stout-hearted like Baʿal—there is none who can turn against him (on) the day of joining combat
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜥr
References
- ^ Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago (1986) Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, volume 4: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I, page 14 and plate 5