To: OldSpice
Barak means “blessing” in Arabic and “lightning” in Hebrew (Arabic for lightning is barq).
So no, it’s not just a Muslim name.
38 posted on
08/28/2009 2:15:42 PM PDT by
G8 Diplomat
(To err is human, to think is Vulcan)
To: G8 Diplomat
It says this on the Wiki page: Barak (Hebrew: בָּרָק, "Lightning; Shine"), Al-Burāq (Arabic: البُراق al-Burāq "lightning") the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible.
46 posted on
08/28/2009 2:34:25 PM PDT by
OldSpice
To: G8 Diplomat
Is there any relationship between baa-raq, mu-baa-raq, ba-raak, and barak?
47 posted on
08/28/2009 2:37:23 PM PDT by
OldSpice
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