בְּעֵלbᵉʻêl

owner, lord (Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17)

Pronunciation: beh-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1169

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:8 Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 4:9 They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
  • Ezra 4:17 Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).