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The origin of the name Baalah is Hebrew

 

This is how Baalah is written in Hebrew:

בַּעֲלָה = Ba`alah

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Baalah is mistress

 

Baalah was another name for Kirjath-jearim and a town in the south of Judah

 

The name Baalah appears in the bible in the following verses:

Joshua 15:9 KJV
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

Joshua 15:10 KJV
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

Joshua 15:11 KJV
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

Joshua 15:29 KJV
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

1 Chronicles 13:6 KJV
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.