BALAAM — (Heb. בַּלְעָם, בִּלְעָם), son of Beor, a non Israelite diviner famous for his effectiveness, enlisted by Balak, king of Moab, to pronounce curses over the Israelites. The pronunciation Balaam reflects the Greek rendering of the name in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Balaam — (Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, Standard unicode|Bilʻam Tiberian unicode|Bilʻām ) is a prophet in the Torah, his story occurring towards the end of the Book of Numbers. The etymology of his name is uncertain, and discussed below. Every ancient reference to… … Wikipedia
Balaam — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Balaam y el ángel. Pintado por Gustav Jaeger en 1836. Balaam, personaje bíblico, es un profeta. Balaam aparece en el libro de los Números. Balaam es consultado por el rey de Moab, Balac … Wikipedia Español
Balaam — • The derivation of the name is uncertain. Dr. Neubauer would connect it with the god Ammo or Ammi, as though Balaam belonged to a people whose god or lord was Ammo or Ammi Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Balaam Balaam … Catholic encyclopedia
Balaam — et l ange. Chronique de Nuremberg (1493). Balaam, personnage biblique, prophète de Péthor en Mésopotamie. Sommaire 1 Les récits … Wikipédia en Français
BALAAM — Héros de plusieurs légendes liées aux vieilles traditions israélites sur l’entrée en Canaan et entremêlées dans les récits bibliques du Livre des Nombres (XXII XXIV). Originaire des environs de l’Euphrate, Balaam est tantôt devin étranger… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Balaam — Ba laam, n. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; an allusion to the miracle of Balaam s ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] [1913 Webster] {Balaam basket or box} (Print.), the receptacle for rejected… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
BALAAM — Pseudopropheta, a Balaco Moabitarum Rege, ut Israeli malediceret, adhibitus est; Sed ter id conatus, semper frustra fuit, a propria asina, cui insidebat, per miraculum increpitus; dirasque in benedictionem vertit, sic Deô linguam eius reluctantis … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Balaam — [bā′ləm] n. Bible a prophet hired to curse the Israelites: when he beat his donkey, the animal rebuked him: Num. 22 24 … English World dictionary
Balaam — Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num. 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor (Deut. 23:4), in Mesopotamia (Num. 23:7). It is evident that though… … Easton's Bible Dictionary