Lexical Definition

‎בִּלְעָם‎ Bilʻâm (bil-awm') Balaam ^N:N-M-P
probably from ‎בַּל‎ and ‎עַם‎; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner

Balaam, Bileam.

• § Balaam = "not of the people"
• Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet
• also a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy
n pr loc
2) a town in Manasseh

See Greek: Βαλαάμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בִּלְעָם‎ proper name, masculine Balaam (according to Sta^{§ 293} = ‎בלע‎ + ‎ ם‎; Nbr^{Stud. Bib. i, 226} proposes ‎בל‎ = ‎בעל‎ + (god) ‎עם‎), son of ‎בְּעוֺר‎, prophet from ‎פְּתוֺר‎ (q. v.): — Num 22:5; Num 22:7; Num 22:8; Num 22:9 + 47 t. Numbers 22-24 (all J E) Num 31:8; Num 31:16 (P) Deut 23:5*; Deut 23:6* (D) (compare R^D Josh 13:22) Josh 24:9; Josh 24:10 (E) Mic 6:5; Neh 13:2.

II. ‎בִּלְעָם‎ proper name, of a location town in Manasseh 1Chr 6:55* A Ιβλααμ, ᵐ5^L Ιεβλααμ = ‎יִבְלְעָם‎ (q. v.) Josh 17:11 + 2 t.; modern Bel`ame, 6 hours north of Nâblus, Bd^{Pal 228}, so Survey^{ii. 47}.

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