עָזְרו בֵּל
, Bel (was) his helper, we cannot possibly connect
אִיזֶבֶל
with it.
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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