Biblica Analytica
H2991 Hebrew

בִּלְעָם

bil.am

Bileam

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Bileam
Transliteration
bil.am
Strong's Number
H2991
Occurrences
3
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

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
Strong's
H2991
Lemma
בִּלְעָם
Transliteration
bil.am
Definition
Bileam
Occurrences
3
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

3 total occurrences across the text