בִּלְעָם
bil.am
Bileam
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of Bileam (H2991) Bileam is a proper name appearing three times in the Hebrew Bible. Based on the lexical data provided, this is a personal designation rather than a common noun with semantic range. The Hebrew form בִּלְעָם represents a specific individual referenced in the biblical text, though the lexicon entry itself does not supply etymological breakdown or contextual details about this figure. The limited occurrence count (three appearances) indicates this is a minor character in biblical narrative. Without additional lexical data regarding usage patterns, frequency distribution across biblical books, or comparative analysis with related terms, the analytical scope is necessarily constrained. The designation functions purely as a proper name marker within the Hebrew scriptural tradition, serving to identify a particular person rather than to convey broader conceptual meaning. To understand the fuller significance of Bileam to biblical literature and religious tradition would require information beyond what this lexical entry provides—specifically, the narrative contexts in which the name appears and any historical or theological implications drawn from those appearances. The lexicon alone establishes only that this is an established biblical name occurring in the canonical text with minimal frequency.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.
Judges 1:27Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
2 Kings 9:27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.