31%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Semitic Mythology Scripts 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍(Phoenician) Meaning & History From Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (baʿl) meaning "lord" prefixing another word of uncertain meaning. This was the name of the supreme god worshipped in the Phoenician city of Carthage, alongside his consort Tanith.