How to Pronounce Baalah
BAY-uh-luh or BAH-uh-luh
Baalah is pronounced BAY-uh-luh or BAH-uh-luh (ˈbeɪələ): five syllables, stress on the first.
What does Baalah mean?
Baalah means “her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Baalah?
Mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah. (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, ‘Erma. (3.) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh. 15:11).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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