Lexicon
פְּתוֹר
pe.tor
H6604
N:N--L Hebrew

Pethor

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pe.tor is the place named as Balaam son of Beor’s location in the biblical notice.

The attested proper-name use identifies the place connected with Balaam son of Beor: Numbers 22:5 locates him there, while Deuteronomy 23:5 refers to Balaam in the same setting without the translation explicitly repeating the place-name.

Senses in use

  1. Place associated with Balaam · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Numbers 22:5, the APB renders Balaam as being “at Pethor,” further describing it as “on the River in the land of his people”; Deuteronomy 23:5 names Balaam in the account of a curse turned into blessing, though the APB does not visibly render the place-name there.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 22:5, the APB explicitly presents the name as “Pethor” in the phrase “at Pethor.” In Deuteronomy 23:5, the supplied translation mentions Balaam but does not visibly reproduce the place-name.

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