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 rootB-R-Q has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning".^[1]^:p.122 The biblical nameברקBārāq is given after Barak, a military commander who appears in the Book of Judges.

The Arabic cognate is بَرقbarq (not to be confused with بَارَكbārak, which is cognate with Hebrew בָּרוּךְ‬bārûch). The epithetBarca 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.

Given name

Barak Baba (1257–1307), Anatolian Turkoman dervish
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

Surname

Aharon Barak (born 1936), Israeli former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Boaz Barak (nacido en 1974), científico informático israelí-estadounidense
Dudu Barak (nacida en 1948), poeta, compositora y presentadora de radio israelí.
Ehud Barak (nacido en 1942), ex primer ministro israelí
Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin (1936-2024), juez israelí
Keren Barak (nacida en 1972), lobista y política israelí.
Valia Barak (nacida en 1969), periodista y presentadora de televisión peruana.
Esenyel Ada Barak (1977-) Abogada turca

Véase también

Barack (desambiguación)
Barak (apellido)
Barak (desambiguación)
Burak (desambiguación)
Barakah
Baraka (desambiguación)
Baruch (nombre de pila)
Barcas
Mubarak (nombre)
Todas las páginas cuyos títulos comiencen con Barak

Referencias

↑ Murtonen, Aimo (1986). Hospers, JH (ed.). El hebreo en su contexto semítico occidental: un estudio comparativo de dialectos y tradiciones hebreas no masoréticas . Leiden: EJ Brill. ISBN 9789004088993.

[murtonen-1] Murtonen, Aimo (1986). Hospers, JH (ed.). El hebreo en su contexto semítico occidental: un estudio comparativo de dialectos y tradiciones hebreas no masoréticas . Leiden: EJ Brill. ISBN 9789004088993.

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