Barak
Israelite military commander in the biblical Book of Judges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Barak (name) and Barak (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Barack.
Barak (/ˈbɛəræk/ or /ˈbɛərək/;[1] Hebrew: בָּרָק; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; Arabic: البُراق al-Burāq "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.[2]