zbl / Semitic roots

zbl

To carry, raise, exalt; Northwest Semitic noun *zabūl-, prince.

a. Jezebel, from Hebrew ʔîzebel, where is the prince?, from zebel, akin to zəbûl, Zebul, a name meaning "prince" (ʔî, where; see ʔyy);;
b. Beelzebub, from Hebrew baʕal zəbûb, lord (of the) fly, pejorative alteration of baʕal zəbûl, lord prince, name of a Philistine god (see bʕl and ḏbb).
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