Number: 8
Proto-Semitic: *baʕl-
Meaning: 'husband, master, owner'
Akkadian: bēlu 'master, ruler, owner' (CAD b1, 191); (AHw, 118)
Ugaritic: bʕl 'lord, owner' (DUL, 206)
Phoenician: bʕl 'citizen; husband; owner Tomb, Pun bʕl (HJ 182)
Hebrew: baʕal 'owner, husband; citizen, landowner; partner of a community' (HAL 142-3); bʕl 'rule over; take possession of a woman as bride or wife; marry'
Aramaic: Samal, OAram OffAr, Nab, Palm, Hatra *bʕl 'lord, chief, f. lady' (HJ 182-3); Sam bʕl 'lord, owner' (Tal, 109)
Biblical Aramaic: *bǝʕēl 'Besitzer, Herr' (KB deutsch, 1682)
Judaic Aramaic: bʕal 'enter into; take possession; have sexual relations with' (Ja 182), bʕl 'to have sexual intercourse' (Sokoloff, 109), baʕal- 'husband' (Ja 182); bǝʕēl, det. baʕlā 'husband' (Sokoloff, 108)
Syrian Aramaic: baʕlā 'dominus, maritus', bʕel 'in matrinonium duxit' (Brock 84)
Arabic: baʕl- 'Époux ou épouse, mari ou femme; Maître, propriétaire'; baʕala 'Se marier, devenir mari, époux' (BK 1, 144)
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab bʕl 'owner; citizen; husband' (SD, 25), Qat bʕl '(divine) lord; owner' (Ricks, 31), Min bʕl 'propriété; seigneur' (LM, 19)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): baʕāl 'owner, head of family, husband; festival, feast, banquet'; bǝʕla 'be rich, wealthy; marry, take a wife' (LGz, 83-4)
Tigre: bäʕal 'master; festival' (LH, 292)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): bäʕal 'master; festival' (KT, 1177)
Amharic: bal 'husband, master; festival' (K, 861)
Argobba: bǝʔǝl 'husband' (LArg, 195); bal 'festival (LArg, 195)
Gafat: bal 'mari' (LGaf, 188)
Gurage: So. bal 'owner; holiday' (LGur, 138)
Mehri: bâl/báyli, bǝʕēli 'owner, possessor'; abɛ̄li 'God'; Hobyot baāli, abēli id. (JM 41)
Jibbali: baʕál 'to own, marry', báʕal/bʕéhl 'person owning, connected with, in charge', ʔɔ́ʕɔź 'God' (JJ, 22)
Harsusi: bāl, byāl, baʕl/bōl 'master, lord, possessor'; abāli 'my Lord, God' (JH, 14)
Soqotri: báʕal 'se marier'; baʕl 'propriétaire, mari' (LS, 90)
