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(Heb. Pethor', ôַּúåֹø , opened; Sept. ( ÖáèïõñÜ ; but in Deu_23:6 Sept. omits), the name of a place in Mesopotamia, on the Euphrates, the native country of Balaam, to which Balak sent for him to come and curse Israel (Num_22:5; Deu_23:5). It is supposed to have been near Tiphsah, on the Euphrates, but this is altogether uncertain. SEE BALAAM. The name occurs in the cuneiform inscriptions (q.v.).