{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1109",
  "lemma": "בִּלְעָם",
  "transliteration": "Bilʻâm",
  "definition": "Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine",
  "kjv": "Balaam, Bileam.",
  "occurrences": 61,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1077",
      "lemma": "בַּל",
      "transliteration": "bal",
      "meaning": "a failure",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1077"
    },
    {
      "id": "H5971",
      "lemma": "עַם",
      "transliteration": "ʻam",
      "meaning": "a people",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5971"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בִּלְעָם n.pr.m. Balaam",
    "בִּלְעָם n.pr.loc",
    "בִּלְעָם n.pr.loc. town in Manasseh 1 Ch 6:55"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:5",
      "text": "He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:7",
      "text": "The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:8",
      "text": "He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me.” The princes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:9",
      "text": "God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:10",
      "text": "Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:12",
      "text": "God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:13",
      "text": "Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for the LORD refuses to permit me to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:14",
      "text": "The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:16",
      "text": "They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Balak the son of Zippor says, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:18",
      "text": "Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=18"
    }
  ],
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  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
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