El (deity)

Northwest Semitic word for "god"

200px|right|thumb|Depiction of Jacob wrestling with the angel at Penuel by [[Eugène Delacroix]] Penuel () is a place described in the Hebrew Bible as being not far from Sukkot on the east of the Jordan River, south of the Zarqa in Jordan.

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one of the names of the God of Israel

God(s) worshipped in ancient Canaan

Levantine mythological cycle of stories

Elyon or El Elyon ( ʼĒl ʻElyōn), is an epithet that appears in the Hebrew Bible and in other ancient writings. ' is usually rendered in English as "God Most High", and similarly in the Septuagint as ("God the highest"). The title ' is a common topic of scholarly debate, sometimes interpreted as equivalent to the Abrahamic God, and otherwise theorized as a reference to a separate deity of its own kind, potentially above that of Yahweh.

thumb|Statue potentially depicting Milcom or a deified Ammonite ruler as Milcom, 8th century BCE Milcom, also spelled Milkom (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌 *Mīlkām; Hebrew: ), was either the national god, or an important god, of the Ammonites. He is attested in the Hebrew Bible and in archaeological finds from the former territory of Ammon. His connections to other deities with similar names attested in the Bible and archaeologically are debated, as well as his relationship to the Canaanite supreme deity El, or the putative deity Moloch.

elevated spot regarded as a shrine for worship in the belief that, being nearer heaven than the plains and valleys, it might also be a more favorable place for prayer

Ugaritic epic legend

Afqa (; also spelled Afka) is a village and municipality located in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It has an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level and a total land area of 934 hectares. Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.

thumb|Tablet bearing part of the Danel epic, Louvre Danel (, Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎐𐎛𐎍 DNỈL, "El is judge"), father of Aqhat, was a culture hero who appears in an incomplete Ugaritic text of the fourteenth century BCE at Ugarit (now Ras Shamra), Syria.

Adon () literally means "lord." Adon has an uncertain etymology, although it is generally believed to be derived from the Ugaritic ad, “father.”

Aramaic inscriptions

open air ancient cult installation now in the West Bank