baal

¹

[bahl]

adverb

Australian Slang.

1. no; not.

Baal

²

[bey-uhl, beyl]

noun

plural

Baalim 

1. any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.

2. (sometimes lowercase),  a false god.

Baal

/ bɑːl /

noun

1. any of several ancient Semitic fertility gods

2. Phoenician myth the sun god and supreme national deity

3. (sometimes not capital) any false god or idol

Other Word Forms

• Baalish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of baal¹

Australian Pidgin English < Dharuk bí-al

Origin of baal²

From the Hebrew word baʿal lord

Word History and Origins

Origin of baal¹

from Hebrew bá'al lord, master

Example Sentences

Though he later blamed antifa for the violence of Jan. 6—or, alternatively, dismissed negative media coverage of the riot as the works of the “false prophets of Baal”—Wallnau’s political rhetoric today is once again geared toward preventing another Trump loss at all costs.

From Slate

Hezbollah said what it had targeted was the headquarters of an Israeli military reconnaissance unit in response to "the enemy's assassination of a number of resistance fighters in Ain Baal and Chehabiyeh".

From BBC

The IDF said on Tuesday that its aircraft had carried out strikes in those areas which killed Ismail Youssef Baaz, who it said was the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Ain Baal, and Mohammed Hussein Mustafa Shehoury, who it said was the commander of the rockets and missiles unit in the western region for the elite Radwan Force.

From BBC

Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, said in a statement on the firm’s website that the move showed Exxon “wants to prevent shareholders from using their rights.”

From New York Times

The Hasidic movement was founded in the 18th century in Eastern Europe by a rabbi known as the Baal Shem Tov, who felt that Judaism had overemphasized intellectual qualities to the detriment of spiritual fervor and sincerity.

From New York Times