Jezebel(????????)

[Olavarria]

This source says the name is "'Baal exalts' or 'Baal is husband to' or 'unchaste'"

But i dont see it. Help.

[maklelan]

This source says the name is "'Baal exalts' or 'Baal is husband to' or 'unchaste'"

But i dont see it. Help.

That can't be right. HALOT says it's ?? + ?????: "Where is the Prince?"

[Kevin Barney]

I believe the "Baal exalts" etymology is based on a theory that this is an intentional alteration and shortening of the Phoenician name Ba'alezebel "Baal exalts." I believe that theory has been discredited.

Sometimes you'll see the name given as "chaste," which derives from a theory of Gesenius that the aleph yod was a negative particle, sort of a privative like English un-, and the name meant (in Gesenius' Latin) non-habitatio (IE "Without Cohabitation"). But I think the idea that the name begins with a negative particle has not been established.

I think the etymology is considered obscure; the HALOT suggestion seems as good as anything else.

[volgadon]

There is no ayin, so it certainly isn't baal. I think zebel is the word for temple- zebul in Hebrew.

[maklelan]

There is no ayin, so it certainly isn't baal. I think zebel is the word for temple- zebul in Hebrew.

The most common use of zebul is "prince." Baalzebub (Lord of Flies) was actually Baalzebul (Baal is Prince), which gives us onomastic evidence for the component -zebul as "prince."

[volgadon]

You are right, I realised that after posting, when I saw what you wrote.

[Olavarria]

You are right, I realised that after posting, when I saw what you wrote.

Thanks guys; i knew there was something fishy there.