 In such contexts, it follows the anglicized pronunciation and usually omits any mark between its two As.In close transliteration of the Semitic name, the ayin is represented, as "Baʿal".In the Northwest Semitic languages—Ugaritic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Amorite, and Aramaic—the word "baʿal" signified "owner" and, by extension, "lord", a "master", or "husband".