οἱ βάρβαροι γὰρ ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν → for great feeders and heavy drinkers are alone esteemed as men by the barbarians
probably from בַּל and עָם; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine: Balaam, Bileam.
