Umbhalo Waphansi

b Nakuba imibono ihlukahluka, ezinye izazi zithi ithempeli likaDagan kwakuyithempeli lika-El. URoland de Vaux, isazi esingumFulentshi futhi onguprofesa eJerusalem School of Biblical Studies, uveza umbono wokuthi igama elithi Dagan—uDagoni oshiwo kubaHluleli 16:23 nakweyoku-1 Samuweli 5:1-5—yibizo qho lika-El. I-Encyclopedia of Religion ithi kungenzeka ukuthi “ngandlela-thile uDagan wayehlanganiswa noma eyinto yinye no-[El].” Emibhalweni yaseRas Shamra, uBhali ubizwa ngokuthi indodana kaDagan, kodwa akuqinisekwa lapha ngencazelo yelithi “indodana.”