Etymology?:
probably from bal בַּל ‘not’ and ʿam עַם ‘people / kinsman’
Roots:
בל
עם
Variants: בִּלְעָם, בִּלְעָם
bilʿām Apr n m pers Bpr n loc
ABalaam = "not of the people"
n pr m
1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy
BBalaam = "not of the people"
n pr loc
1) a town in Manasseh
Mentioned in Numbers 22:18, 31:8, 23:3, 23:27, 23:11, 24:10, 23:1, 23:2, 23:4, 23:29, 23:30, 22:20, 22:35, 22:16, 22:5, 22:7, 22:8, 22:9, 22:10, 22:12, 22:13, 22:14, 22:25, 22:30, 22:34, 22:36, 22:37, 22:38, 23:5, 23:16, 23:25, 23:26, 24:1, 24:12, 24:2, 22:28, 22:29, 24:3, 24:15, 22:27, 22:31, 22:40, 22:21, 22:23, 22:41, 23:28, 22:39, 24:25, 31:16 Deuteronomy 23:6, 23:5 Joshua 24:10, 13:22, 24:9 Micah 6:5 Nehemiah 13:2 1 Chronicles 6:55