2 Samuel 22:15:42 Sam.22.15.W4TAB
בָּרָ֖ק
barak
“lightning”
- Transliteration
- ba-RAK
- Extended
- baa-RAAK
- IPA
- /baːˈraːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- lightning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RAK
- clause
ba-RAK ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khi-TSIM va-ye-fi-TSAM ba-RAK ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM
Exegesis
The nouns chitzim {חִצִּים | ḥiṣ-ṣîm} ‘arrows’ and barak {בָּרָ֖ק | bā-rāq} ‘lightning’ function as direct objects and instruments of divine judgment. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs builds intensity and emphasizes YHWH’s active agency. English renders the verb-initial Hebrew into subject–verb–object order, linking the vivid martial actions with a semicolon to preserve narrative force.
Root and etymology
b-r-qbet–resh–qof
“to flash, shine”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:15
He shot out arrows and scattered them; lightning dismayed and confused them.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:15, so the Hebrew word בָּרָ֖ק (barak) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.15.W4.S1) and character.