44%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Semitic Mythology Meaning & History Derived from a Semitic root meaning "thunder". Hadad was a Western Semitic (Levantine) god of thunder and storms, often called Ba'al. He was imported to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he was known as Adad to the Assyrians and Babylonians. Categories gods, storm deities, storms, thunder, thunder deities, weather Entry updated July 11, 2018
