Note 66 — THE SAY OF HAYKAR THE SAGE.[6]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Chavis, “Bilelsanam, the oracle of Bel, the chief God of the Assyrian:” Gauttier Une idole Bíl. Bel (or Ba’al or Belus), the Phœnician and Canaanite head-god; may here represent Hobal the biggest idol in the Meccan Pantheon, which used to be borne on raids and expeditions to give plunder a religious significance. Tabari iii. 17. Evidently the author holds it to be an idol.