Bâlâq — Balak = “devastator”

Numbers 22:2 — “Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.”

Numbers 22:4 — “And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick clean all that is about us as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,”

Numbers 22:7 — “The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, versed in divination, set out. They came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.”

Numbers 22:10 — “Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:”

Numbers 22:13 — “Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s dignitaries, “Go back to your own country, for GOD will not let me go with you.””