baalim

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. Baalim (-[i^]m). [Heb. ba'al lord.]

1.(Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. [1913 Webster]

Note: 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 Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly). [1913 Webster]

2.pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. --Judges x. 6. [1913 Webster]