בַעַל-פְּעוֹר Baal-Peor (H1187) means “Master of the Wide Open”. בַעַל ba’al means “master” (H1168) as in “to rule” and comes from the root word עֻלּ ul (H5923) which means “to lift a yoke upon the shoulders” (cf. Genesis 27:40; Leviticus 26:13). פְּעוֹר Peor (H6465) comes from the word פָּעֲר pa’ar (H6473) which means “to open wide” as in a gap or gape.
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