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בָּלָק H1111
N-proper-ms  |  43× in 1 sense
Balak — king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel during the wilderness period
A Moabite royal name meaning 'devastator' or 'one who lays waste.' Balak son of Zippor ruled Moab when Israel camped on the plains east of the Jordan after the exodus. Alarmed by Israel's defeat of the Amorites, he summoned the diviner Balaam to pronounce a curse, only to hear blessings instead (Numbers 22-24). Later biblical writers recall his failed plot as a paradigm of God's sovereign protection of his people (Josh 24:9; Judg 11:25; Mic 6:5).
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Senses
1. Balak (personal name) — The personal name of the Moabite king who hired Balaam. All 43 occurrences cluster in Numbers 22-24 (the Balaam narrative), with retrospective mentions in Joshua 24:9, Judges 11:25, and Micah 6:5. Translations uniformly transliterate the name (Balak/Balac), confirming a single proper-noun referent with no semantic extension. 43×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Balaam Prophet Name
AR["بَالَاقَ", "بَالَاقُ"]·ben["বালাক", "বালাককে", "বালাকের"]·DE["Balak"]·EN["Balak"]·FR["Balak"]·heb["בלק"]·HI["बालाक", "बालाक-की", "बालाक-के", "बालाक-ने"]·ID["Balak"]·IT["Balak"]·jav["Balak"]·KO["발락", "발락-과", "발락-이"]·PT["Balaq"]·RU["Балак", "Балака", "Балаком", "Балаку"]·ES["Balac"]·SW["Balaki"]·TR["Balak", "Balak'a", "Balak'la", "Balak'ın"]·urd["بلق"]
Num 22:2, Num 22:4, Num 22:7, Num 22:10, Num 22:13, Num 22:14, Num 22:15, Num 22:16, Num 22:18, Num 22:18, Num 22:35, Num 22:36  (+31 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
בָּלָק 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.