Proto-Semitic root

*baʕl-

‘husband, master, owner’

di Mino’s gloss: owner, lord, husband; to marry

Record 8 ↗ · SED semet 8 · Basis: SED

In Linear A1 entry

PU-RA₂BōlBaal, 'Lord' (allocation heading)CandidateSemitic2

Notes

Amorite ba’l reconstructed from Ha-ab-du-ʔHa-na-at /ʿAbdu-ʿAnat/ pattern; Ugaritic alphabetic confirms pharyngeal/velar fricatives fully distinct in Amorite (Lipiński OLA80 §19.7). Akk bēlī from *ba’lī ‘my lord’ — ē from a + weak consonant (§21.10).

Reflexes26 languages

East Semitic2

Northwest Semitic11

Arabic1

  • Arabicbaʕl- 'spouse, husband or wifemaster, owner'baʕala ‘to marry, become husband, spouse’ (BK 1, 144)

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian11

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

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