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.