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Exodus 21:34
“The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בַּעַלbaʻal · bah'-al
H1167 · Hebrew
H1167 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
- Derivation
- from H1166 (בָּעַל);
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
- Grammar
- בַּ֤עַל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 83 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:13Genesis 20:3Genesis 37:19Genesis 49:23Exodus 21:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בַּעַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.