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A more plausible explanation for Agnon's use of the name Balak for the rabid dog can be found in the biblical story of Balak.
Balak the Dog Smith, Stuart A. 2001
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Dan Jacobson's otherwise admirable review of the new translation of S.Y. Agnon's Only Y.sterday [NY., December 21, 2000] errs in suggesting that the name Balak is dog spelled backwards in Hebrew.
Balak the Dog Smith, Stuart A. 2001
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Indeed, Agnon was doubtless aware that one of the classical biblical commentators of the fourteenth century (Bal Ha-Turim) parses the name Balak as "Ba-lak," the one who "comes to lick" the blood of Israel.
Balak the Dog Smith, Stuart A. 2001
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For Agnon, the name Balak serves as the metaphorical enemy represented in his tale as a rabid dog who fatally bites the protagonist Isaac.
Balak the Dog Smith, Stuart A. 2001
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"Balak" is dative in the Greek, whence Bengel translates, "taught (the
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'Whatever terms Balak offers, you are to listen politely and refuse,' Baldwin instructed.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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He had accompanied Count Marlanx to the town of Balak, which is in Axphain, a mile beyond the Graustark line.
Truxton King A Story of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Dec 8 - French police announce the arrest of a man identified as Balak, presumed successor to Txeroki.
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Dec 8 - French police announce the arrest of a man identified as Balak, presumed successor to Txeroki.
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Mitralal 'Balak' Adhikari jumped off the Dharahara despite efforts of security guard to save him.
Archive 2006-08-01 Rus Bowden 2006
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