Lexical Summary baraq: lightning Original Word: בָּרָקTransliteration: baraq Phonetic Spelling: (baw-rawk') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: lightning Meaning: lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword Strong's Concordance bright, glittering sword, lightning From baraq; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword -- bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning. see HEBREW baraq Brown-Driver-Briggs H1300. baraq בָּרָק noun masculineEzekiel 1:13 lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic , Assyrian bir‡u COTGloss, ZimBP 76, 82 Aramaic בְּרַק, ) — absolute ׳ב Job 20:25 7t. 2 Samuel 22:15 (compare below); construct בְּרַק Deuteronomy 32:41 2t.; plural בְּרָקִים Exodus 19:16 7t., בְּרָקָיו Psalm 97:4; — lightning, 1 literal mostly plural = lightnings, lightning-flashes Exodus 19:16; Psalm 18:15; 9in theophanies, on 2 Samuel 22:15 see below) Psalm 77:19; 97:4; 135:7; Job 38:35; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16; so in simile of swift brightness Nahum 2:5, singular only Psalm 144:6; 2 Samuel 22:15 (where however read בָּרַק בְּרָקִים compare בָּרַק — so ᵐ5L Klo Che, compare his critical note Psalm 18:15), Ezekiel 1:13 (in vision), and in simile of brightness Daniel 10:6; swift destruction Zechariah 9:14. 2 figurative (always singular) of flashing arrow-head Job 20:25, compare ׳ב חרב Deuteronomy 32:41, ׳ב חנית Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11; compare glitter of weapon Exodus 21:15, 20, 33. |
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