עָזְרו בֵּל

, Bel (was) his helper, we cannot possibly connect

אִיזֶבֶל

with it.

ב

.

L—— Rectory, Somerset.

Jezebel.—Your correspondent W.G.H. believes this word to be derivable from Baal. That the Phœnician word

בַעַל

(Lord) makes a component part of many Syrian names is well-known: but I do not think the contracted form