Evi = "my desire"

1. one of five chiefs of Midian

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

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

Beor = "burning"

1. father of Balaam

2. father of Bela, king of Edom

to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand

1. (Qal)

   1. to kill, slay

   2. to destroy, ruin

2. (Niphal) to be killed

3. (Pual) to be killed, be slain

Hur = "hole"

1. a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron

2. grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above

3. the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor

4. father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah

5. father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim

slain, fatally wounded, pierced

1. pierced, fatally wounded

2. slain

   adjective

(CLBL) profaned

1. defiled, profaned (by divorce)

five

1. five (cardinal number)

2. a multiple of five (with another number)

3. fifth (ordinal number)

sword, knife

1. sword

2. knife

3. tools for cutting stone

Midian or Midianite = "strife"

1. son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians

2. the tribe descended from Midian

   proper locative noun

3. the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

king

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

Zur = "rock"

1. father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell

2. son of Jehiel, the father or leader of Gibeon

Reba = "four"

1. one of the 5 kings of Midian slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell

Rekem = "variegation"

1. one of the 5 kings of Midian killed by the Israelites

2. one of the 4 sons of Hebron and the father of Shammai

3. a Manassite, son of Machir by Maachah his wife

   proper locative noun

4. a town in Benjamin; site unknown