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title: בָּרָק — Barak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּרָק (1301), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Barak. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּרָק

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«בָּרָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Barak** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 1301 · **BDB:** בָּרָק²

### Glosses

Barak (12); O.Barak (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Barak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1301/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1301/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (lightning-flash, cf. Pun. Barcas, surname of Hamilear, cf. NeposHamilcar 1, 1; Sab. ברקם DHMZMG, 1875, 592; Palm. ברק VogPalm. 76) son of Abinoam, \& leader of Israel Ju 4:6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14(×2), 15, 16, 22; 5:1, 12, 15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּרָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1301/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.12/)

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וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י עָלָ֛ה בָּרָ֥ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֖עַם הַר־תָּבֽוֹר׃ס

*Word for word:* and people.told to Sisera (dm).that he.had.gone.up Barak the.son of.Abinoam the.mountain of.Tabor

*JPS 1917:* And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

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[Judges 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.1/)

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וַתָּ֣שַׁר דְּבוֹרָ֔ה וּבָרָ֖ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֑עַם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and she.sang Deborah and Barak the.son of.Abinoam on the day (the) that (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying:

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