Talk:Barak

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I am no expert scholar, but I daresay Barak should be included as a judge. Deborah was the "leader" since Barak passed up his oppertunity. If anything Jael should be in this list, not Barak.

"Blessed" and "Lightning"

It isn't clear that the semetic words for "lightning" and "blessed" are themselves unrelated. There are lots of plausible bases for linking the two (notion of someone being fortunate and hit by lightning as acts of selection by G_d). In the absence of a citation to the contrary, the fact that the name of the biblical Barak was intended to mean lightning (itself uncited) and the contemporary Barack Obama was intended to mean blessing (also uncited), should not be presented as supporting an inference that the names do not have common origin. (also, this would by Synth) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.108.139.170 (talk) 17:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

They are spelled quite differently in Hebrew. Using classical Hebrew pronunciation, the consonants would also have been pronounced differently. There is no reason to consider that the two roots are related, any more than to consider that they might be related to berahh (also spelled differently) and meaning "fled". BRQ vs BRK vs BRHh.

The Arabic Barack is the same as the Hebrew name Boruch (or Borukh), both meaning "blessed". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.169.18 (talk) 01:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

The {} sign/s

One or more of the sign/s: {{NPOV}}{{expansion}}{{Cleanup}} placed on this page without any discussion, explanation or reasoning have been removed pending further discussion. (The category Category:Bible stories is now up for a vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Bible stories) Thank you. IZAK 10:56, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

What is the reason that the name is in Arabic but not Greek or Latin

How is an Arabic translation different from the Greek or Latin translation? The text is not Arabic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.48.87.118 (talk) 13:35, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

"Baraq" is displayed meaning "black"

12-12-2015: "Baraq" is displayed meaning "black" at the introduction. Is it a vandalism referring to the current president of the USA?