Barak
Sign in to saveBarak ( or ; ; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephraim, the prophet and fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Barak
- Person.image
- Barak devorah.jpg
- Person.caption
- Grave near Tel Kadesh attributed to Barak or Deborah
- Person.birth_place
- Kedesh, Naphtali
- Person.known_for
- Military commander who, with Deborah, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera
- Person.title
- Ruler of Ancient Israel
- Person.parents
- Abinoam (father)
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Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Barak
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Abinoam
- Occupation
- biblical judge
- Image
- Barak-judge.jpg
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- present in work
- Judges
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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- Barak (Biblical figure)
- name in native language
- בָּרָק
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Background
- Biblical story
- Defeat and death of Sisera
- Etymology
- In the New Testament
- In the Apocrypha
- References
Barak ( or ; ; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephraim, the prophet and fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera.
==Background== The son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. His story is told in the Book of Judges, Chapters 4 and 5.
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