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My husband

This means the people of Israel will love and be faithful to Yahweh just as a wife is to a husband. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

My Baal

"Baal" means "master" and also refers to the false god that the Canaanites worship. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)