Word Study · Strong's H1173 · Hebrew
בַּעֲלָה
Baalah
bah-al-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Baʻălâh
“Baalah, the name of three places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Baalah, the name of three places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Baalah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בַּעֲלָ֔ה1
- בַּעֲלָ֥ה1
- בַּעֲלָ֔תָה1
- הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖ה1
- מִבַּעֲלָ֥ה1
- מִֽבַּעֲלֵ֖י1
How it is rendered · 5
- Baalah2
- Baalah towards1
- from Baalah1
- from Baalah of1
- the Baalah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HNpl/Sd · 1
- HTd/Npl · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 15:9בַּעֲלָ֔הbaalahproper noun (a name)From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).here: Baalah
- Joshua 15:10מִבַּעֲלָ֥הmibaalahpreposition + proper noun (a name)The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.here: from Baalah
- Joshua 15:11הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖הhabaalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.here: the Baalah
- Joshua 15:29בַּעֲלָ֥הbaalahproper noun (a name)Baalah, Iim, Ezem,here: Baalah
Same headword in Strong's