Lexical Summary Bil'am: a prophet Original Word: בִּלְעָםTransliteration: Bil'am Phonetic Spelling: (bil-awm') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location Short Definition: a prophet Meaning: Balaam -- a prophet Strong's Concordance Balaam, Bileam Probably from bal and am; not (of the) people, i.e. Foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam. see HEBREW bal see HEBREW am Brown-Driver-Briggs H1109. Bil 'am I. בִּלְעָם proper name, masculine Balaam (according to Sta§ 293 = בלע + ם; NbrStud. Bib. i, 226 proposes בל = בעל + (god) עם), son of בְּעוֺר, prophet from מְּתוֺר (q. v.): — Numbers 22:5, 7, 8, 9 47t. Numbers 22-24 (all J E) 31:8, 16 (P) Deuteronomy 23:5; 23:6 (D) (compare RD Joshua 13:22) 24:9-10, (E) Micah 6:5; Nehemiah 13:2. II. בִּלְעָם proper name, of a location town in Manasseh 1 Chronicles 6:55; A Ιβλααμ, ᵐ5L Ιεβλααμ = יִבְלְעָם (q. v.) Joshua 17:11 2t.; modern Bel`ame, 6 hours north of Nâblus, BdPal 228, so Surveyii. 47. |
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