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Baʿal

deity sky Israelite single tradition · 6

Baʿal is referenced in Israelite texts such as the Hebrew Bible. Bāmōt-Baʿal means 'High Places of Baʿal'.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 0
Historical notes
Referenced in the Hebrew Bible.

Relationships

enemy of
Mot, Yam, Yammu, Tannin, Lotan
co occurs with
Belus, En, baʿalah, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Mot, Anat, Shapash, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Qodesh-wa-Amrur, Gupan, Ugar, Sheger, Ithm, Maweth, Chemosh, Kmš b-Qrḥh, Athtar, Athirat
syncretized with
Hadad
has aspect
Baʽal Zephon, Baʿal Zaphon, Baʿal Ugarit, Ba'al-Ḥammon
child of
El, Dagan
served by
rephaim
manifested by
Victorious Baʿal, Mightiest one, Mightiest of the Heroes, The Powerful One, Baʿal of Ugarit, Baʿal Zaphon, Winged Baʿal, Baʿal of the Arrows, Baʿal of the Mace, Baʿal of the Lebanon, Baʿal of Sidon, Baʿal of the Heavens, Baʿal ʾAddir
allied with
‘Athtart

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Mentioned by

and 12 more

Sources

wikipedia (6)
  1. Chemosh
  2. Jeoseungsaja
  3. Personifications of death
  4. Baal
  5. Baal Cycle
  6. Memitim

Source passages

“Mesha also claimed to have rebuilt the site of Bēt-Bāmōt (𐤁𐤕 𐤁𐤌𐤕‎), whose name means "House of High Places" and which is called Bāmōt-Baʿal (lit. 'High Places of Baʿal') in Israelite texts such as the Hebrew Bible, thus suggesting that a sanctuary with seven altars existed at this place.”

#11635 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“His contest with the storm god Baʿal forms part of the Ba'al Cycle from the Ugaritic texts.”

#14503 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“From Canaan, worship of Baʿal spread to Egypt by the Middle Kingdom and throughout the Mediterranean following the waves of Phoenician colonization in the early 1st millennium BCE. He was described with diverse epithets, and before Ugarit was rediscovered, these were supposed to refer to distinct local gods”

#25833 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“El then has a dream which tells him that Baʿal lives. Shortly after that, Baʿal returns. However, soon Mot comes back to life and complains to Baʿal of the treatment he has received. He demands that Baʿal surrender one of Mot's brothers. When Mot has returned, Baʿal sends messengers telling him that he will banish him”

#37713 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001