Baali

BAALI ba'-a-li ba`ali, ("my master"):

Baal, a common name for all heathen gods, had in common practice been used also of Yahweh. Hosea (Hosea 2:16,17) demands that Yahweh be no longer called Ba`ali ("my Baal" = "my lord") but 'Ishi ("my husband"), and we find that later the Israelites abandoned the use of Ba`al for Yahweh.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAALI'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.