Balaam = "not of the people"

a town in Manasseh

Another name of yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991)

Root √בלע: בָּלַע vb swallow down swallow up engulf Qal swallow down swallow up engulf , Niph swallowed up . i.e. devastated Pi swallow swallow up engulf . Pu be swallowed up . Hithp . their wisdom is all gone, ‘they are at their wit’s end’ .

בִּלְעָם n.pr.loc 1 Ch 6:55 . town in Manasseh