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title: בָּלָק — Balak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּלָק (1111), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: Balak. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּלָק

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«בָּלָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Balak** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 1111 · **BDB:** בָּלָק

### Glosses

Balak (36); of.Balak (5); O.Balak (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Balak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1111/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1111/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (devastator) king of Moab, בּ׳ בֶּן צִפּוֹר Nu 22:2, 4, 7 + 37 times Nu 22–24 (all JE) + Jos 24:9 (E) Ju 11:25 Mi 6:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּלָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1111/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.15/)

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וַיֹּ֥סֶף ע֖וֹד בָּלָ֑ק שְׁלֹ֣חַ שָׂרִ֔ים רַבִּ֥ים וְנִכְבָּדִ֖ים מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃

*Word for word:* and he.repeated again Balak to.send leaders many and honored more than.these

*JPS 1917:* And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

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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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