sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Baal = "lord"

1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

2. a Reubenite

3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

   proper locative noun

4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

Jehu = "Jehovah is He"

1. the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri

2. son of Hanani and an Israelite prophet in the time of Baasha and Jehoshaphat

3. the Antothite, a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors

4. a descendant of Judah of the house of Hezron

5. son of Josibiah and a chief of the tribe of Simeon

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated

1. (Niphal)

   1. to be annihilated, be exterminated

   2. to be destroyed, be devastated

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to annihilate, exterminate

   2. to destroy