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bā´a-lı̄ בּעלי, ba‛ălı̄, “my masterâ€): Baal, a common name for all heathen gods, had in common practice been used also of Yahweh. Hosea (, ) demands that Yahweh be no longer called Ba‛ălı̄ (“my Baal†= “my lordâ€) but 'Ishı̄ (“my husbandâ€), and we find that later the Israelites abandoned the use of Ba‛al for Yahweh.