Compiled from: http://bible.ort.org/ The Living Torah by Aryeh Kaplan
Assyria אשור
An empire occupying the region of Mesopotamia (northern Iraq), mentioned in the prophecy of Balaam in Numbers 24:22, 24. The Hebrew name for Assyria is Asshur: this is also the name of the eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians. In later books of the Bible it is told how Assyria came to dominate the near East and carry the ten northern tribes of Israel into captivity.
Bamoth במות
A place where the Israelites camped during the latter part of the Exodus, close to the northern end of the Avarim mountains which border the Dead Sea (Numbers 21:19). Bamoth is sometimes identified with the mountains themselves, or with Bamoth Baal, the High Altars of Baal, where Balak told Balaam to curse Israel (see Numbers 22:41)
Beth Peor בעל פעור
A place to the east of the Dead Sea between the tribal territories of Ammon and Moab, mentioned at Deuteronomy 3:29 as a place near where the Israelites passed after the battle against Og, king of Bashan. It is also mentioned at Deuteronomy 4:26 as forming part of the the land of Sichon, king of Cheshbon. It may have been the seat of the worship of Baal Peor (Numbers 25:3)
High Altars of Baal, Bamoth Baal במות בעל
The mountain where the Moabite king Balak brought Balaam to curse the Israelites (Numbers 22:41), probably the same place as Bamoth mentioned at Numbers 21:19.
Lookout Field שדה צפים
A hilly area probably close to Mount Nebo, where the Moabite king Balak took Balaam to make him curse the Israelite people (Numbers 23:14). Field of Seers or Phophets
Moab, Moabites מואב
1. The area from Gilead and the Red Sea, lying between the tribal areas of Ammon and Edom. It occupies the southern part of modern-day Jordan. The Israelites passed through the territory of Moab during the latter part of the forty years of the Exodus from Egypt, but did not fight the Moabites, as instructed by G-d (Deuteronomy 2:9). A City of Moab is mentioned at Numbers 22:36 as the place where Balak met Balaam.
2. Son of Lot by his incestuous union with his elder daughter. Said to be the ancestor of the Moabites, an ancient tribe living east of the Jordan river (Genesis 19:37) and may have been identified in Numbers 24:17-18 by Balaam as the descendants of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve. Like the Ammonites and the Edomites, they were not among the pre-Israelites who lived in the land of Canaan (Genesis 10:15-20).
Pethor פתור
Birth-place of Balaam, who was commanded by the Moabite king Balak to curse the Israelites (Numbers 22:5; Deuteronomy 23:5). It is in the mountainous region of Aram Naharayim (Mesopotamia).
