• Source: Barak (name)

Barak (Hebrew: בָּרָק Bārāq, "lightning") is a masculine name of Hebrew origin. It appears in the biblical Book of Judges as the name of the Israelite general Barak, who alongside Deborah led an attack against the forces of King Jabin of Hazor.




Etymology


The Semitic root B-R-Q has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning".: p.122 
The biblical name ברק Bārāq is given after Barak, a military commander who appears in the Book of Judges.
The Arabic cognate is بَرق barq (not to be confused with بَارَك bārak, which is cognate with Hebrew בָּרוּךְ‬ bārûch). The epithet Barca of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca is derived from the same root, as is the name of the Buraq, the miraculous steed of Muslim Mi'raj tradition.
Although the given name is mostly Jewish and found predominantly in Israel, it has occasionally been used by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants in the early modern period, when given names from the Hebrew Bible were in fashion, as in the name of Barak Longmate, an 18th-century English genealogist.




Use as a given name


Barak Norman (c.1670–c.1740), English musical instrument maker
Barak Longmate (1738–1793), English genealogist and engraver
Barak Lufan (1987–2022), Israeli kayaker
Barak Sopé (born 1955), Vanuatu politician
Barak Badash (born 1982), Israeli football player
Barak Yitzhaki (born 1984), Israeli football player
Barak Bakhar (born 1979), Israeli football player
Barak Eilam, Israeli businessman
Barak Moshe (born 1991), Israeli football player
Barak Sultan (1731–1750), member of the Kazakh Khanate dynasty




Use as a surname


Aharon Barak (born 1936), Israeli former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Dudu Barak, Israeli poet, songwriter, and radio presenter
Ehud Barak (born 1942), Israeli former prime minister
Valia Barak (born 1969), Peruvian journalist and television presenter
Keren Barak (born 1972), Israeli lobbyist and politician
Boaz Barak (born 1974), Israeli-American computer scientist




See also


Barack (disambiguation)
Barak (surname)
Barak (disambiguation)
Burak (disambiguation)
Barakah
Baraka (disambiguation)
Baruch (given name)
Barcas
Mubarak (name)
All pages with titles beginning with Barak




References

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