Editing Baal (section)

===Hadad===
{{Main|Hadad}}

Baʿal was also used as a proper name by the third millennium&nbsp;BC, when he appears in a list of deities at [[Abu Salabikh]].{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999a|p=132}} Most modern scholarship asserts that this Baʿal—usually distinguished as "The Lord" ({{lang|he|[[wikt:ה־|ה]]{{linktext|בעל}}}}, ''Ha-Baʿal'')—was identical with the [[storm god|storm]] and [[fertility god]] Hadad;{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999a|p=132}}{{sfnp|Day|2000|p=68}}{{sfnp|Pope|2007}} it also appears in the form ''Baʿal Haddu''.{{sfnp|''DULAT''|2015|loc="[https://books.google.com/books?id=bh6oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA203 bʕl (II)]"}}{{sfnp|Ayali-Darshan|2013|p=652}} Scholars propose that, as the cult of Hadad increased in importance, his true name came to be seen as too holy for any but the high priest to speak aloud and the alias "Lord" ("Baʿal") was used instead, as "[[Bel (god)|Bel]]" was used for [[Marduk]] among the Babylonians and "[[Adonai]]" for [[Tetragrammaton|Yahweh]] among the Israelites. A minority propose that Baʿal was a native [[Canaanite religion|Canaanite]] deity whose cult was identified with or absorbed aspects of [[Adad]]'s.{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999a|p=132}} Regardless of their original relationship, by the 1st millennium&nbsp;BCE, the two were distinct: Hadad was worshiped by the [[Aramaeans]] and Baʿal by the [[Phoenicians]] and other [[Canaanites]].{{sfnp|Herrmann|1999a|p=132}}

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