Baalat
/ˈbɑː.lɑːt/noun
A Semitic word/title meaning "lady" or "mistress," used as a feminine form of Baal and in the names of goddesses or revered female deities.
Did you know?In Northwest Semitic inscriptions, Baalat could function as a divine title, and the same root behind it also gave us Baal, one of the most infamous deity names in biblical tradition.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
PSem
*baʿlat-
“female lord; lady; mistress”
Ancient Canaanite / Northwest Semitic
Semitic
baʿlat
“lady, mistress; feminine divine title”
Phoenician
Phoenician
𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 (baʿlat)
“lady; title of a goddess or revered female figure”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
בַּעֲלַת (baʿalat)
“mistress, owner; feminine form of baʿal”
Modern English
English
Baalat
“a transliterated Semitic title/name meaning "lady"”
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