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title: בִּלְעָם — Balaam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּלְעָם (1109), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: Balaam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Balaam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּלְעָם

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«בִּלְעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Balaam** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 60 times · **Key:** 1109 · **BDB:** בִּלְעָם

### Glosses

Balaam (53); of.Balaam (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Balaam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1109/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Balaam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1109/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Balaam (according to Sta§ 293 = בלע + ם; NbrStud. Bib. i, 226 proposes בל = בעל + (god) עם), son of בְּעוֹר, prophet from פְּתוֹר (q.v.):—Nu 22:5, 7, 8, 9 + 47 times Nu 22–24 (all JE) 31:8, 16 (P) Dt 23:5, 6 (D) (cf. RD Jos 13:22) Jos 24:9, 10 (E) Mi 6:5 Ne 13:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּלְעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1109/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 22:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.39/)

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בִּלְעָ֖ם עִם־בָּלָ֑ק וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ קִרְיַ֥ת חֻצֽוֹת קִרְיַ֥ת חֻצֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Balaam with Balak and they.came Kiriath-huzoth Kiriath-huzoth

*JPS 1917:* And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.

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[Numbers 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.9/)

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וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֛י הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.came God to Balaam and he.said who? \[are\].the men (the) these with you

*JPS 1917:* And God came unto Balaam, and said: 'What men are these with thee?'

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