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Barack, also spelled Barak or Baraq, is a given name of Arabic origin. From the Semitic root B-R-K, it means "blessed" and is most commonly used in its feminine form Baraka(h). The Semitic root is derived from B-R-Q (Hebrew: ב־ר־ק; Arabic: ب-ر-ق), meaning "lightning". Some identify similarities to other Hebrew root words.
The Semitic root B-R-Q has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning". [1]: p.122 The biblical name ברק Bārāq is given after Barak, a military commander who appears in the Book of Judges. The Arabic cognate is بَرق barq (not to be confused with بَارَك bārak, which is cognate with Hebrew בָּרוּךְ bārûch).
Barak (/ ˈ b ɛər æ k / or / ˈ b ɛər ə k /; [1] Hebrew: בָּרָק; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; "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.
Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Father: Barack Hussein Obama, goat herder-turned-economist. Mother: Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro, anthropologist.
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In recent years, the name has not even made the US top 1000 list of names (the last time was in 2004, when it ranked 963). Barry's highest rank was 61, which was achieved in 1962. [10] US President Barack Obama was called by the nickname Barry when younger, which he eventually halted. [11]
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