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Balaam (personal name)
Strong's / BibleHub Blue Letter Bible
1. Balaam (personal name) — The Mesopotamian prophet/diviner Balaam son of Beor, hired by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel but compelled by God to bless them instead (Numbers 22-24). All occurrences — nominative, with prepositions (to/for Balaam), and with conjunctions — refer to a single individual. Multilingual evidence is unanimous: eng 'Balaam', spa 'Balaam', hin 'बिलआम', arb 'بِلْعَام', kor '발람', swa 'Balaamu'. 60×
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AR["بِلْعَامَ","بِلْعَامُ"]·ben["বিলিয়ম","বিলিয়মকে","বিলিয়মের"]·DE["Bileam"]·EN["Balaam"]·FR["Balaam"]·heb["בלעם"]·HI["बिलआम","बिलआम-का","बिलआम-की","बिलआम-ने"]·ID["Bileam"]·IT["Balaam"]·jav["Bileam"]·KO["발람","발람-이"]·PT["Bil'am"]·RU["Бильам","Бильама","Бильамом","Бильаму"]·ES["Balaam"]·SW["Balaamu"]·TR["Balam","Balam'a","Balam'la","Balam'ın"]·urd["بلعام"]
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  (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. בִּלְעָם 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.