bꜥr

See also: br

Egyptian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

Pronunciation

Proper noun
ba
r		 E20

 m

  1. Baal, a storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons
    • c. 1289 BCE, Temple of Karnak, east wing, bottom register, relief of Seti I defeating Shasu bedouin on the road to Gaza, lines 5–7:[1]
    • sxmD40
      ib Z1      		 miiba
      r      		 wE21D35wn
      n      		 HHzsyD54swwiim
      f      		 h
      r      		 hrwZ1Tz
      W      		 D40
      n      		 sskiiD40
      sḫm jb mj bꜥrw nj wn ḥsj sw jm.f hrw ṯzw n(j) sky
      Stout-hearted like Baʿal—there is none who can turn against him (on) the day of joining combat

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜥr  
ba
r		 wE21
bꜥrw

References
  1. Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago (1986) Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, volume 4: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I, page 14 and plate 5
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