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H1109 בִּלְעָם (Bilʻâm) bil-awm'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably from 1077 and 5971; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Balaam, Bileam

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בִּלְעָם (bil.am) — Balaam. A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.5; son of: Beor (H1160H) Also named: Balaam (Βαλαάμ "Balaam" G0903) § Balaam = "not of the people" the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy

בִּלְעָם (bil.am) — Bileam. Balaam = "not of the people" a town in Manasseh Another name of yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of People

Balaam = man; ◄ son of Beor, from Pethor; ► a non-Israelite prophet or fortune-teller; ≈ the name became a symbol for attempts to deviate Israel from its divinely chosen path

NUM 22:5 · NUM 22:7 · NUM 22:8 · NUM 22:9 · NUM 22:10 · NUM 22:12 · NUM 22:13 · NUM 22:14 · NUM 22:16 · NUM 22:18 · NUM 22:20 · NUM 22:21 · NUM 22:23 · NUM 22:25 · NUM 22:27 · NUM 22:27 · NUM 22:28 · NUM 22:29 · NUM 22:30 · NUM 22:31 · NUM 22:34 · NUM 22:35 · NUM 22:35 · NUM 22:36 · NUM 22:37 · NUM 22:38 · NUM 22:39 · NUM 22:40 · NUM 22:41 · NUM 23:1 · NUM 23:2 · NUM 23:2 · NUM 23:3 · NUM 23:4 · NUM 23:5 · NUM 23:11 · NUM 23:16 · NUM 23:25 · NUM 23:26 · NUM 23:27 · NUM 23:28 · NUM 23:29 · NUM 23:30 · NUM 24:1 · NUM 24:2 · NUM 24:3 · NUM 24:10 · NUM 24:10 · NUM 24:12 · NUM 24:15 · NUM 24:25 · NUM 31:8 · NUM 31:16 · DEU 23:5 · DEU 23:6 · JOS 13:22 · JOS 24:9 · JOS 24:10 · NEH 13:2 · MIC 6:5

Names of Locations | ≈ יִבְלְעָם

Bileam, Ibleam = town, probably to be identified with Ibleam; ◄ territory of Manasseh; ► one of the cities of refuge, given to the clan of the Kohathites, tribe of Levi

1CH 6:55

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בִּלְעָם n.pr.m. Balaam base

בִּלְעָם n.pr.loc. town in Manasseh 1 Ch 6:55 base

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