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(Heb. Bilam', áַּìְòָí , same name as Balaam [q.v.]; Sept. É᾿åìâëÜáí v. r. É᾿âëáÜì ; Vulg. Baalam), a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named in 1Ch_6:70 as being given (with its "suburbs") to the Kohathites. In the lists in Joshua 17, 21 this name does not appear, but IBLEAM SEE IBLEAM (q.v.) and SEE GATH-RIMMON are substituted for it, the former by an easy change of letters, the latter uncertain. SEE BELAMON ( Âåëáìώí ) of Jdt_8:3.