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Akkadian god of the atmosphere and member of a triad including Anu (An) and Ea (Enki). His Sumerian counterpart was Enlil. His breath brought both severe storms and gentle spring winds. He was the god of agriculture and as such was more important than the high god Anu. As Bel he was known as the god of order and destiny. As Enlil, he was banished to the underworld for raping his consort Ninlil (Belit), in a myth that explains the cycle of the seasons.

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("master, ruler")

Epithet of Marduk (Merodach in OT), the supreme god of the Babylonian pantheon. His degradation symbolizes the collapse of the kingdom of Babylon (Is 46:1-2; Jer 51:44). The name appears as synonymous with Merodach in Jeremiah 50:2.

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A unit of sound level which denotes the ratio between two quantities proportional to power; the number of bels equals the logarithm of this ratio, to the base 10; 1 bel=10 decibels.

 
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Bel (bāl, bĕl), deity of the Middle Eastern religions. The name is a cognate of that of Baal. For Bel in the Bible, see Bel and the Dragon.

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