bil.am is the personal name of the man summoned to curse Israel but who speaks blessing instead.

The term consistently identifies the same named man in accounts of Balak’s summons, his encounters with God and the angel of the LORD, his actions and speech, and later recollections of the attempted curse and resulting blessing.

1. Personal name in the Balak and Israel narrative · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout and identifies the man Balak sends for in Numbers 22:5. In Numbers 23:11 the APB renders Balak’s complaint that he brought this man to curse his enemies but that he pronounced a blessing; Joshua 24:10 likewise recounts that he blessed Israel rather than being heard for a curse. The same name also identifies the man in the donkey episode, where the APB renders him striking the donkey and then seeing the angel of the LORD in Numbers 22:27 and Numbers 22:31.

   Numbers 22:5Numbers 22:27Numbers 22:31Numbers 23:11Joshua 24:10Nehemiah 13:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the proper name as “Balaam,” including in direct speech, narrative actions, and later recollections. Its English wording confirms the verse-level identification rather than isolating a separate lexical rendering.