MEANING OF JEZEBEL.
(Vol. ii., p. 357.)
There appear to be two serious objections to the idea of your correspondent W.G.H. respecting the appearance of Baal in this word: 1. The original orthography (
אִיזֶּבֶל
); whereas the name of the deity is found on all Phœnician monuments, where it enters largely into the composition of proper names, written
בעל
: and, 2. The fact of female names being generally on these same monuments (as tombstones and so forth) compounded of the name of a goddess, specially Astarth (
אַתִֹּרִת
or
עַ