HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2991
יִבְלְעָם
yiv.le.am — Ibleam
§ Ibleam = "devouring the people" a city of Manasseh apparently located in the territory of either Issachar or Asher
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Ibleam
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6905
קָבָל
qa.val — Ible
before Another spelling of yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991)
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People-waster, a city assigned to Manasseh (Josh. 17:11), from which the Israelites, however, could not expel the Canaanites (Judg. 1:27). It is also called Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70). It was probably the modern Jelamah, a village 2 1/2 miles north of Jenin.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.