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• baal
  baal

  adverb

  no; not.
• Baal
  Baal

  noun

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

baal

¹ American  

[bahl] / bɑl /

adverb

Australian Slang.

1. no; not.

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Baal ² American  

[bey-uhl, beyl] / ˈbeɪ əl, beɪl /

noun

Baalim plural

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.

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Baal British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Baalish
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Baalim
  plural

Etymology

Origin of baal¹

Australian Pidgin English < Dharuk bí-al

Origin of Baal²

From the Hebrew word baʿal lord

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

baal Baal Baalim

One hat baal brokum, allasame white fellow hat.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

I have reserved unto me seven thousand men which have not bowed their knees to baal.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

Mine tell Leather fellow jump right away, and police fellow baal find.”

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.

I haue lefte me seuen thowsand in Israell / of which neuer man bowed his knees vnto baal / nor kissed hym with his mouthe.

From A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger by Martyr, Peter

“Mine wear baal clothes,” he said pityingly, as he, with his skin dry directly, looked at their efforts to dry themselves.

From The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

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 ● Jan. 22, 2024

The first church there dates from the fourth century, and Christians took over the temple of Baal in the fifth century.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

“It is going to be a tough year,” said Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, which organizes shareholders to demand oil companies move more aggressively into clean energy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023

"Maybe in the very short term they have to replace Russia supply with oil from other countries. But in the long term we don't need more oil and gas," Van Baal said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022

There, down tubes which fed into the cellar, it was dropped into the sighing vent of an incinerator which sat like evil Baal in a dark corner.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

“We are all worshippers of Baalim, and so we had this joke between us where we insult each another, jovially, as brothers would.…”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Nor does this conclusion appear to be invalidated by the occurrence of the designation in a plural form, rendered Baalim.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

For the Semitic Baalim admitted of no such grouping; each was supreme god in his own locality, where his powers were neither shared nor limited by another god.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

When the doctor was attending a patient, Baalim attended to the patient's dog, and these attentions generally ended in a dispute.

From Settling Day by Gould, Nat

If ever a dog wished to express gratitude in a canine way it was Baalim at that moment.

From Settling Day by Gould, Nat