Who is Ba'al from the Old Testament?

**Judges 6:31 NIV** > But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, “Are you going to > plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him > shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can > defend himself when someone breaks down his altar. and **1 Kings 18:21 NIV** > Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver > between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is > God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. However, found here > The name Ba'al (), apparently as an equivalent for Yhwh, occurs as an > element in a number of compound proper names, such as Jerubbaal, > Ishbaal, Meribaal, etc. Some of these names, probably at a time when > the name of Baal had fallen into disrepute (comp. Hosea ii. 16, 17), > seem to have been changed by the substitution of El or Bosheth for > Baal (comp. II Sam. ii. 8, iv. 4, v. 16; I Chron. viii. 33, 34; ix. > 39, 40; xiv. 7). I've also seen "Baʿal of Tyre". So is Ba'al a title or an entity?