ba.al gad is a proper name marking a location in boundary descriptions of land in Joshua.

The attested proper-noun use identifies a location in the valley of Lebanon, below Mount Hermon, functioning as a point from which territorial extent is described.

1. A geographic boundary point · dominant

   In Joshua 11:17 and Joshua 12:7, the proper-noun form marks the point "in the valley of Lebanon" from which the land's extent is described toward Mount Halak. In Joshua 13:5, the same proper-noun use locates the boundary below Mount Hermon in a description of Lebanon's land.

   Joshua 11:17Joshua 12:7Joshua 13:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the three verses, the APB presents the name as "Baal-gad" within boundary descriptions, twice adding "in the valley of Lebanon" and once placing it below Mount Hermon. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently present the term as a location.