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 Semitic Religions se mit' ik, relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician and Akkadian |
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 Baal was the name of an ancient Canaanite fertility
god, the worship of whom spread around the Mediterranean.
The god's name means lord or master,
and the worship of him was most commonly connected with
the tilling of the soil. |
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