Balaam = "not of the people"

1. the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy

   n pr loc

2. a town in Manasseh

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

speech, word, speaking, thing

1. speech

2. saying, utterance

3. word, words

4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

behold, lo, though

if

they, these, the same, who

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite

1. blow (fatal stroke)

2. slaughter (of battle)

3. plague, pestilence (divine judgment)

to set apart, deliver up, offer

1. (Qal) to set apart

2. (Niphal) to be delivered over, be assigned to, be set apart

unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass

1. against man

2. against God

congregation, gathering

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Peor = "cleft"

1. a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah

   proper noun with reference to deity

2. a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal