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freshwest

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6. Some think his first name, Barack, is Hebrew:

Sun May 12, 2013, 02:07 PM

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Barack Obama's first name is the anglicized version of Baraka, which means 'blessing' in Kiswahili (aka Swahili), a language spoken by Senator Obama's Kenyan father...

Barack or Barak means 'lightning' in Hebrew. The name Barak is also mentioned in the Bible in the book of Judges. Barak was part of the story of the prophetess Deborah.

Baruch (or Baruwk, Baruk, Strong, 1263) and its cognates berek and baraka all mean the same. Strong, 1288, says "barak, baw-rak', a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit)." (See http://www.virtualchristiancenter.com/biblestudytools/kjvstrongs/STRHEB12.htm)

Regardless of how one spells the name, it gives two possible and not contradictory meanings, and one true meaning. One is "a blessing from God," and another is "a blessing from God that the individual may pass on to others as a benefit to them." and the true meaning that cannot be translated any other way is the name Barak which means Lightning.

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America the Clueless [View all] babylonsister May 2013 OP

K&R patrice May 2013 #1

Part of the problem is a lot of people mistake or use & admire ignorance as being principled. patrice May 2013 #2

IOW, bow to the loud-mouthed bully! Some of us aren't impressed with that style, though. freshwest May 2013 #7

Messing with the pollsters treestar May 2013 #3

somebody who doesn't know hfojvt May 2013 #5

Some think his first name, Barack, is Hebrew: freshwest May 2013 #6

Now that's interesting treestar May 2013 #10

You've got it all down: freshwest May 2013 #12

Thanks, I had not seen that before treestar May 2013 #13

Barack is Hebrew AMF2334 Feb 2015 #16

Commas, and periods, are your friends. n/t arcane1 Feb 2015 #17

Could be the RW conspiracy theorists who believe the NWO and the UN CJCRANE May 2013 #9

this begs a question though hfojvt May 2013 #4

In my opinion, the problem is that they know who Snookie is & many people would follow Oprah DearHeart May 2013 #8

It's not a whole lot to ask to know what Independence Day is treestar May 2013 #11

except that every 4th of July hfojvt May 2013 #14

One would have to be pretty shallow and dumb treestar May 2013 #15