Balak was afraid of Yisrael because he was "rav" - "great", as in "ve'rav Ya'avod tza'ir" the "great" or older one will serve the Younger one. 

Also in reference to the flags and the order of the camps of Israel as they are divided by flags we were "dagul me'revava", - "flaged great multitudes." "Me'ravava" from the root of "rav".

Ohr Hatorah va'yar Balak

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