Look up: Ba`al

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   Ba`alat Gebal
   `Ba‘alat Gebal`, 'Lady of Byblos', was the goddess of the city of Byblos, sometimes known to the Greeks as `Baaltis`. She was generally identified with the pan-Semitic goddess ‘Ashtar and so equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite. However Sanchuniathon equates her with the Greek goddess Dione and presents her as a sister of ‘Ashtart (Aphrodite) and Rhea (who is probably Asherah), all three being wives of El. He says she bore daughters to...
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   Baaba Maal
   `Baaba Maal` is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.
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   Baal
   In Canaanite mythology, Baal was the god of fertility. He was the son of El.
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   Baal
   [n] - any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples
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   Baal
   Divine title given to their chief male gods by the Phoenicians, or Canaanites, of the eastern Mediterranean coast about 1200-332 BC. Their worship as fertility gods, often orgiastic and of a...
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   BAAL
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   Baal
   Ba'al (bā' a l) noun ; Hebrew plural Baalim (-ĭm). [ Hebrew ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. » The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; ; as, Baal -berith (the Covenant Ba ...
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   Baal
   noun any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
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   Baal
   `Ba'al` (ordinarily spelled `Baal` in English) is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning `master` or `lord` that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant, cognate to Assyrian `BÄ“lu`. A `Baalist` means a worshipper of Baal. `Ba'al` can refer to any god and even to human officials; in some texts it is used as a substitute for Hadad, a god of the rain, thunder, fertility and agriculture, and the lord of Heaven. Si...
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    Baal
    • (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. • (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
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    Baal
    (from the article `Schlöndorff, Volker`) After a short period of rather poorly received efforts, Schlöndorff formed his own film company, the first production of which Baal (1970), starring ... Until 1924 Brecht lived in Bavaria, where he was born, studied medicine (Munich, 1917–21), and served in an army hospital (1918)....
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    Baal
    god worshiped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered him a fertility deity and one of ... [22 related articles]
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    Baal
    Baal (bā'ul) , plural Baalim (bā'ulim) [Semitic,=master, lord], name used throughout the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan. The term was originally an epithet applied to the storm god Hadad. Technically, Baal was subordinate to El. Baal is attested in the Ebla te...
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    Baalbeck International Festival
    The `Baalbeck International Festival` is the oldest and most known cultural event in the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean. Since 1955, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have flocked to the city of Baalbeck in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon to attend the annual festival. Classical music, dance, theatre, opera, and jazz as well as modern world music are performed each July and August in the ancient Roman Acropolis, one of ...
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    Baalbek International Festival
    (from the article `Lebanon`) Lebanon`s antiquities and ruins have provided not only inspiration for artists but also magnificent backdrops for annual music festivals, most ...
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    Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal
    `Hazrath Syed Shah Baba Hyder Auliya Hussaini Suharwardi` (Rahmatullah Alayh) is a 12th century Sufi saint of Suharwardi order. He was the disciple of `Hazrath Tabr-e-Aalam Baadshah Nathar Vali` (Rahmatullah Alayh), of Tirchy. His mausoleum is located in Mulbagal, Kolar District, Karnataka. Hazrath Baba Hyder-e-Safdar vali (Rahmatullah Alayh), was original name was Syed Ismail who was a king of Sabhunat, Iran. After renouncing the world , he was...
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    Babanango, KwaZulu-Natal
    right `Babanango` is the name of a hill, a stream and a settlement situated in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. There are many versions of where the name Babanango originates from, the common accepted origin comes from the Zulu words ‘Ubaba nangu`. The popular story goes that many years ago a small child got lost on the slopes of the mist-shrouded hill and when an elder brother found her he shouted, `Ubaba, nangu` which means `Father the...
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    Babbitt metal
    [n] - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony
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    Babbitt metal
    Bab'bitt met`al [ From the inventor, Isaac Babbitt of Massachusetts.] A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
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    Babbitt metal
    An alloy of antimony, copper, and tin; used occasionally in dentistry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    Babbitt metal
    babbitt noun an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction
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    Babbitt metal
    `Babbitt metal`, also called white metal, is an alloy used to provide the bearing surface in a plain bearing. It was invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The term is used today to describe a series of alloys used as a bearing metal. Babbit metal is characterized by its resistance to galling. Common compositions for Babbitt alloys: * 90% tin 10% copper * 89% tin 7% antimony 4% copper * 80% lead 15% antimony 5% tin Or...
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    Babbitt metal
    • A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
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    babbitt metal
    any of several tin- or lead-based alloys used as bearing material for axles and crankshafts, based on the tin alloy invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt ... [5 related articles]
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    Babbitt metal
    Babbitt metal, an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or “white metals.” These alloys usually consist of relatively hard crystals embedded in a softer matrix, a structure imp...
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