Baal (disambiguation)

Ba'al is a Hebrew word meaning "lord" or "master".

Baal may also refer to:

• Baal (demon), a Christian demon, loosely identified with the Canaanite god
• Baal Peor, a Canaanite deity
• Baal-berith, god of a Canaanite city
• Hadad, a Canaanite deity commonly known as Baal or Ba'lu
• British Association for Applied Linguistics, a UK society for applied linguists
• Baal teshuva movement, worldwide movement among the Jewish people
• Baal Dan is a charity that provides aid in India.

Places

• Baal, Belgium, a village in the municipality of Tremelo
• Baal, Netherlands, a hamlet in the Dutch province Gelderland

In fiction

• Baal (play), a 1918 play by Bertolt Brecht
• Baal (comics), a Marvel Comics character, an ancient Egyptian who fosters the X-Men villain Apocalypse
• Ba'al (Stargate), a fictional character in Stargate SG-1
• BAAL (Mark 13 - Hardware), first four letters in the serial number of the Machine, also: "Biomechanical, Artificially intelligent, Autoindependent, Lifeform"

People

• Baal I, an ancient king of Tyre
• Baal Shem Tov or Besht, was a Jewish mystical rabbi.
• Baal HaTanya or Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 – 1812), was an Orthodox Rabbi
• Adam Muraszko (born Adam Potyka) (stage name Baal), is a Czech /Polish heavy metal musician

Music

• Baal (EP), a 1981 EP by David Bowie, featuring incidental music written for Brecht's play
• Baal (band), a Danish rock band

In games

• Baal (Diablo), one of the three Prime Evils in the Diablo games, and the final boss in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Bhaal (Lord of Murder), a fictional deity in the Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms novels and games
• Baal (video game), a 1988 computer game for the Amiga
• Baal is a fictional planet in the Warhammer 40,000 series, homeworld of Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter
• Baal (Disgaea), an extra boss in every Disgaea game

See also

• Ball (disambiguation)
• Bail
• Bale (disambiguation)