Barak

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Barak is a biblical military leader in the Book of Judges who, alongside the prophetess Deborah, led Israel to victory over the Canaanite commander Sisera.

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Label Occurrences
Barak canonical 13

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament person
biblical figure
judge of Israel
military leader
appearsIn Judges
surface form: Book of Judges
associatedPlace Kedesh
surface form: Kedesh in Naphtali
associatedWith Deborah
Jael
associatedWithText Song of Deborah
associatedWomanOfVictory Jael
battleLocationRegion Kishon River
Mount Tabor
collaboratedWith Deborah
commemoratedIn Jewish and Christian tradition
conditionForBattle insisted Deborah accompany him
enemyMilitaryAsset Canaanite iron chariots
enemyNation Canaanites
ethnicGroup Israelites
father Abinoam
gender male
governanceContext pre-monarchic Israel
JaelActionContext Jael killed Sisera with a tent peg
languageOfName Hebrew
ledVictoryAgainst Sisera
meaningOfName lightning
mentionedIn Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews
militaryAction mustered ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun
nationality Israelites
surface form: Israelite
opponentCommander Sisera
opponentKing Jabin, king of Canaan
propheticWordAbout victory glory would go to a woman
recognizedAs example of faith
religiousSignificance model of faithful obedience
religiousTextContext Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
role commander of Israelite forces
scripturalCanonStatus canonical figure in Christianity
canonical figure in Judaism
sourceText Hebrews 11:32
Judges
surface form: Judges 4

Song of Deborah
surface form: Judges 5
timePeriod era of the Judges
tribe Tribe of Naphtali
victoryAt battle near the Kishon River

Referenced by (13)

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Judges featuresCharacter Barak
subject surface form: Book of Judges
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) militaryFigure Barak
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Deborah associatedWith Barak
Ehud Barak familyName Barak
Aharon Barak familyName Barak