page_title: Barak
hierarchical_section_title: Barak
caption_attribution_description: Grave near Tel Kadesh attributed to Barak or Deborah
context_page_description: Barak 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.
context_section_description: Barak (/ˈbɛəræk/ or /ˈbɛərək/; 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.
caption: Grave near Tel Kadesh attributed to Barak or Deborah
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