Word Study · Strong's H1166 · Hebrew
בָּעַל
baal
baw-al'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâʻal
“to be master”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be master; hence, to marry
Rendered in the KJV as
have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- בְעוּלָ֖ה1
- בְּעוּלָ֑ה1
- בָּעֲל֥וּ1
- בְּעָל֥וּנוּ1
- בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙1
- בְּעֻ֥לַת1
- בְעֻֽלַת־1
- בָּעַ֣לְתִּי1
- בָּעַ֥לְתִּי1
- וּבָעַ֖ל1
- וּבְעָלָ֑הּ1
- יִבְעַ֤ל1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- [is] married of1
- a married [woman]1
- and he will marry her1
- and it has married1
- he marries1
- husbands your1
- I am husband1
- I was a husband1
- it will be married1
- married1
- married of1
- she will be married1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fs1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNi3fs · 2
- HVqp1cs · 2
- HVqsfsa · 2
- HVqsfsc · 2
- HC/Vqp3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fs · 1
- HVqi3mp/Sp2fs · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
- HVqp3cp/Sp1bp · 1
- HVqrmpc/Sp2fs · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah7 of 15 · 47%
- Deuteronomy2 of 15 · 13%
- Jeremiah2 of 15 · 13%
- Genesis1 of 15 · 7%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 15 · 7%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 22:22בְעֻֽלַת־veulat-verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.here: married of
- Deuteronomy 24:1וּבְעָלָ֑הּuvealahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fsIf a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.here: and he will marry her
Isaiah7 occurrences
- Isaiah 26:13בְּעָל֥וּנוּbealunuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralO LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.here: they have ruled over us
- Isaiah 54:1בְעוּלָ֖הveulahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.here: a married [woman]
- Isaiah 54:5בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙voalayikhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularFor your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.here: husbands your
- Isaiah 62:4בְּעוּלָ֑הbeulahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularNo longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.here: married
- Isaiah 62:4תִּבָּעֵֽל׃tibaelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularNo longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.here: it will be married
- Isaiah 62:5יִבְעַ֤לyivalverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.here: he marries
- Isaiah 62:5יִבְעָל֖וּךְyivalukhverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.here: they will marry you
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:14בָּעַ֣לְתִּיbaaltiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.here: I am husband
- Jeremiah 31:32בָּעַ֥לְתִּיbaaltiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularIt will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.here: I was a husband