{"def":{"lit":"lord","short":"Baal, a Phoenician deity (used as a symbol of idolatry)","long":["the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, as Ashtoreth was their supreme female divinity"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H1168)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈβɑ.ɑl","ipa_mod":"ˈvɑ.ɑl","sbl":"baal","dic":"VA-al","dic_mod":"VA-al"},"see":["H1168"]}