בִּלְעָם (b. h.) pr. n. m. Balaam, the gentile prophet of the Pentateuch. Snh. 105ᵃ ב׳ בַּלַּע עם Ar. (Var. in Ar., a. ed. בַּלָּא) devourer (destroyer) of the people; other homilet. etymology ibid. שבִּלָּה עם he ruined the people (through debauchery; Rashi: = בִּלְבֵּל). Gen. R. s. 65. Ab. V, 19 (as type of false teachers); a. fr.
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בִּלְעָם (b. h.) pr. n. m. Balaam , the gentile prophet of the Pentateuch. Snh. 105ᵃ ב׳ בַּלַּע עם Ar. (Var. in Ar., a. ed. בַּלָּא ) devourer…
References
- Sanhedrin 105a:7
- Jastrow, בַּלָּא 1
- Jastrow, בִּלְבֵּל 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 65
- Pirkei Avot 5:19