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===Baal=== {{Main|Baal}} {{transliteration|he|[[Baal]]}} meant '[[property|owner]]' and, by extension, 'lord',{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999|p=132}} '[[slavery|master]]', and 'husband' in Hebrew and the other [[Northwest Semitic languages]].{{sfnp|Pope|2006}}{{sfnp|''DULAT''|2015|loc="[https://books.google.com/books?id=bh6oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA203 bʕl (II)]"}} In some early contexts and [[theophoric name]]s, it and {{transliteration|he|Baali}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|ə|l|aɪ}}; "My Lord") were treated as synonyms of [[Adon]] and Adonai.{{sfnp|''BEWR''|2006|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dbibAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 "Baal"]}} After the time of [[Solomon]]<ref name=EJ675/> and particularly after [[Jezebel]]'s attempt to promote the worship of the Lord of [[Ancient Tyre|Tyre]] [[Melqart]],{{sfnp|''BEWR''|2006|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dbibAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 "Baal"]}} however, the name became particularly associated with the [[Canaanite religion|Canaanite]] [[storm god]] [[Hadad|Baʿal Haddu]] and was gradually avoided as a title for Yahweh.<ref name="EJ675">{{citation |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica, ''2nd ed.'' |volume=VII |page=675 }}</ref> Several names that included it were rewritten as {{transliteration|he|bosheth}} ("shame").{{sfnp|''ZPBD''|1963}} The [[prophet (Judaism)|prophet]] [[Hosea]] in particular reproached the [[Israelites]] for continuing to use the term:<ref>{{bibleverse|Hos.|2:16|HE}}.</ref> {{Blockquote|"It will come about in that day," declares the {{smallcaps|[[Yahweh|Lord]]}}, "That you will call Me Ishi{{refn|group=n|Literally, "my husband".<ref>{{citation |first=Arie |last=Uittenbogaard |url=http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Ishi.html#.UWSk3ddv2aU |title=Ishi | The amazing name Ishi: meaning and etymology |publisher=Abarim Publications |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508163208/http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Ishi.html#.UWSk3ddv2aU |url-status=live }}</ref>}} And will no longer call Me Baali."<ref>{{bibleverse|Hos.|2:16|NASB}} ([[New American Standard Bible|NASB]]).</ref>}}
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