[Mesorah] Translation of the verb "yiv'al"

[Mandel, Seth]

The answer is yes.

First of all, it is crystal clear that in theT'NaKh, the noun ba‘al can refer to both husband and owner.  I should not have to bring examples, but see in Gen. 33:19 about ba‘al hah.alomot, and see Ge.20:3 about a woman who is married  called b‘ulat ba‘al, that clearly is not about whether she had intimate relations.

If the noun had both meanings (and it still does in L'shon Chazal), it is only natural to assume that the verb would be used in both meanings, even if one could prove (I do not know how) that one meaning is the original and the other denominative.

But, in point of fact, the verb is clearly used at least in some instances in the meaning of "owner, one who possesses.  See the following two verses from Y'sha‘yah and their Targum:
כו:יג יְיָ אֱלֹקֵינוּ בְּעָלוּנוּ אֲדֹנִים זוּלָתֶךָ, לְבַד-בְּךָ נַזְכִּיר שְׁמֶךָ.
תרגום: שליטו בנא עממיא למהוי רבונין בר מנך...

נד:ה כִּי בֹעֲלַיִךְ עֹשַׂיִךְ, יְיָ צְבָקוֹת שְׁמוֹ, וְגֹאֲלֵךְ קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֱלֹקֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ יִקָּרֵא.
תרגום: ארי מריך דעבדיך...
In both verses it is clear that there is not any sexual imagery intended.


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel



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Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Translation of the verb "yiv'al"

I started by asking was Chazal's usage of \בעל\ as old as Yeshaiah.
Answer: yes. RSM cited eishes yefas to'ar and ואחר כן תבוא אליה ובעלתה
והיתה לך לאשה.

Now I want to ask the reverse question: Is this shoresh used as a verb
ever to mean anything else?

If the answer is "no", then we'd have to assume TY and the peirushim
are not giving precise translations, no?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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