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Barak ("Lightning; Shine"), Al-Buraq ( al-Buraq "lightning") the son of Abinoam
Abinoam

Abinoam , from Kedesh-naphtali, was the father of Barak who defeated Jabin's army, led by Sisera .*Meaning: father of beauty, father of kindness, father of pleasantness...
 from Kedesh
Kedesh

The ruins of the ancient Canaanite village of Kedesh are located within the modern Malkia in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanon border....
 in Naphtali
Naphtali

Naphtali was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Bilhah, and the founder of the Israelites Tribe of Naphtali; however some Biblical criticism view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation....
, was a military general in the Book of Judges
Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is a Books of the Bible originally written in Hebrew language. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges , who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites, and of their times....
 in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
. He was the commander of the army of Deborah
Deborah

Deborah or was a prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament . Her story is told twice, in chapters 4 and 5 of Book of Judges....
, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
. Barak and Deborah are credited with defeating the Canaan
Canaan

Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt....
ite armies led by Sisera
Sisera

Sisera, Heb. ?????, mentioned in the Book of Judges 4:2 in the Hebrew Bible, was the captain of Jabin's army which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon....
, who for twenty years had oppressed the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
ites.

The story of the defeat of Canaanites under the prophetic leadership of Deborah and the military leadership of Barak, is related in prose (chapter 4) and repeated in poetry (chapter 5, which is known as the Song of Deborah).






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Barak ("Lightning; Shine"), Al-Buraq ( al-Buraq "lightning") the son of Abinoam
Abinoam

Abinoam , from Kedesh-naphtali, was the father of Barak who defeated Jabin's army, led by Sisera .*Meaning: father of beauty, father of kindness, father of pleasantness...
 from Kedesh
Kedesh

The ruins of the ancient Canaanite village of Kedesh are located within the modern Malkia in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanon border....
 in Naphtali
Naphtali

Naphtali was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Bilhah, and the founder of the Israelites Tribe of Naphtali; however some Biblical criticism view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation....
, was a military general in the Book of Judges
Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is a Books of the Bible originally written in Hebrew language. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges , who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites, and of their times....
 in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
. He was the commander of the army of Deborah
Deborah

Deborah or was a prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament . Her story is told twice, in chapters 4 and 5 of Book of Judges....
, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
. Barak and Deborah are credited with defeating the Canaan
Canaan

Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt....
ite armies led by Sisera
Sisera

Sisera, Heb. ?????, mentioned in the Book of Judges 4:2 in the Hebrew Bible, was the captain of Jabin's army which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon....
, who for twenty years had oppressed the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
ites.

The story of the defeat of Canaanites under the prophetic leadership of Deborah and the military leadership of Barak, is related in prose (chapter 4) and repeated in poetry (chapter 5, which is known as the Song of Deborah). Chapter 4 makes the chief enemy Jabin
Jabin

Jabin is a Biblical name meaning 'discerner', or 'the wise'. It may refer to:* A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan , whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land ....
, king of Hazor
Hazor

Hazor is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Israel:Biblical locations:* Tel Hazor, site of an ancient fortified city in the Upper Galilee, among the most important Caananite towns, and the largest ancient ruin in modern Israel and UNESCO World Heritage Site....
 (present Tell el-Qedah, about three miles southwest of Hula Basin), though a prominent part is played by his commander-in-chief, Sisera
Sisera

Sisera, Heb. ?????, mentioned in the Book of Judges 4:2 in the Hebrew Bible, was the captain of Jabin's army which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon....
 of Harosheth-ha-goiim (possibly Tell el-'Amr, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Megiddo).

Deborah said that Barak would win, but Sisera would be killed by a woman. In the battle at Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor

Mount Tabor may refer to the following:...
, a cloudburst occurred, causing the river to flood, thus limiting the maneuverability of the Canaanite chariots. Sisera fled, seeking refuge in the tent of a Kenite woman, Jael
Jaël

Ja?l , real name Rahel Krebs, is a singer/songwriter from the band Lunik. She also co-wrote and sang with Delerium on the song After All on their album Chimera , and the song Lost and Found on their album Nuages du Monde ....
. Jael gave Sisera a drink of milk and he fell asleep from weariness. Then she pounded a tent peg through his head. When Barak came along, she let him see Sisera dead in her tent. Later Israel slew King Jabin.

Contemporary use

Some of the notable individuals named Barak:

  • Ehud Barak
    Ehud Barak

    Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....
    , a former prime minister of Israel.
  • Barak Yitzhaki
    Barak Yitzhaki

    Barak Yitzhaki is an Israeli football who plays for Beitar Jerusalem F.C.....
    , Israeli football player
  • Aharon Barak
    Aharon Barak

    Aharon Barak is a professor of law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a lecturer in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a lecturer in law at the Yale Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law....
    , former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
    Supreme Court of Israel

    The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem....


The given name Barack
Barack (given name)

In modern Arabic, the name Barack pronounced ba'-rak, means "he who is blessed" or simply "blessed". A more common form in most Arabic-speaking countries is the passive Mubarak ....
 is not a form of this name, but is instead relatedd to a different Semitic root which means "blessing" and is also the origin of the names Baruch
Baruch

Baruch has been a given name among Jews from Biblical times up to the present, on some occasions also used as surname. It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians - particularly among Protestants who use Old Testament names....
 (Hebrew) and Mubarak (Arabic).