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21-1270: Barac may refer to: Barak , a 12th Century BC ruler and judge of Ancient Israel Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog , aka Barac Caves of Barać , in Croatia People [ edit ] Antun Barac (1894–1955), Croatian historian Fran Barac (1872–1940), Croatian theologian and politician Ioan Barac (1776–1848), Romanian poet Jakub Barac (born 1996), Czech footballer Valér Barač (1909–1991), Slovak athlete Ante Barać (born 1980), Croatian footballer Antonio Barać (born 1997), Croatian racing cyclist Boris Barać (born 1992), Croatian basketball player Marko Barać (born 1989), Serbian basketball coach Mateo Barać (born 1994), Croatian footballer Pankracije Barać (born 1981), Croatian basketball player Samir Barać (born 1973), Croatian water polo player Stanko Barać (born 1986), Croatian basketball player Verica Barać (1955–2012), Serbian lawyer See also [ edit ] Barak (disambiguation) Baraq (disambiguation) Barack (disambiguation) Baracs , village in Hungary Topics referred to by

42-415: A half-hour radio drama, Butter in a Lordly Dish (1948), Agatha Christie has her protagonist drug a lawyer's coffee; after revealing her true identity, she hammers a nail into his head. The central image of Aritha van Herk 's novel 'The Tent Peg' refers to Sisera. In Anthony Trollope 's novel The Last Chronicle of Barset , artist Conway Dalrymple paints the heiress Clara Van Siever as Jael driving

63-511: A nail through the head of Sisera. The story of Jael and Sisera has been the subject of many paintings, including those by Artemisia Gentileschi , Gregorio Lazzarini , James Northcote , Gustave Doré and James Tissot . In Shelby Foote 's Stars in Their Courses (1994), about the Battle of Gettysburg , the author reflects on the defeat of General Robert E. Lee . "The Stars in Their Courses"

84-677: A rug, but after he fell asleep, she drove a tent peg through his temple with a mallet, her blow being so forceful that the peg pinned his head to the ground. Later, during his farewell address, the prophet Samuel referred to the Israelites' subjection to Sisera as a consequence of their "forgetting the LORD their God". The etymology of Sisera's name is unclear. Sisera's name has been variously identified as Philistine , Hittite , Hurrian , or Egyptian (Ses-Ra, "servant of Ra "). The Israeli scholar and archaeologist Adam Zertal identifies Sisera with

105-678: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barak The son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali , Barak's mother was from the Tribe of Benjamin . His story is told in the Book of Judges , Chapters 4 and 5. The story of the Hebrews' defeat of the Canaanites led by Sisera , under the prophetic leadership of Deborah and the military leadership of Barak,

126-493: Is related in prose (Judges Chapter 4) and repeated in poetry (Chapter 5, which is known as the Song of Deborah ). Chapter 4 makes the chief enemy Jabin , king of Hazor (present Tell el-Qedah, about three miles southwest of Hula Basin), though a prominent part is played by his commander-in-chief, Sisera of Harosheth-ha-goiim (possibly Tell el-'Amr, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Megiddo ). Deborah summoned Barak,

147-569: Is the title of a chapter about the Battle of Gettysburg in the novel Lone Star Preacher (1941) by John Thomason . The quotation from Judges 5:20 appears at the end of the chapter. In the Law & Order episode "Pro Se", the schizophrenic James Smith suffers from the delusion that (among other things) he is General Sisera and various women are trying to poison him. In Waking the Dead s4ep1 "In Sight of The Lord"

168-466: The Israelites for twenty years. His general was Sisera, who commanded nine hundred iron chariots from Harosheth Haggoyim , a fortified cavalry base. After the prophetess Deborah persuaded Barak to face Sisera in battle, they, with an Israelite force of ten thousand, defeated him at the Battle of Mount Tabor at Jezreel Valley . Judges 5:20 says that "the stars in their courses fought against Sisera", and

189-549: The Midrash , Sisera had previously conquered every country against which he had fought. His voice was so strong that, when he called loudly, the most solid wall would shake and the wildest animal would fall dead. Deborah was the only one who could withstand his voice and not be stirred from her place. Sisera caught enough fish in his beard when bathing in the Kishon to provision his whole army, and thirty-one kings followed Sisera merely for

210-623: The battle, while others believe this refers to Deborah herself. In the battle at Mount Tabor , a cloudburst occurred, causing the river to flood, thus limiting the maneuverability of the Canaanite chariots. Sisera fled, seeking refuge in the tent of a Kenite woman, Jael . Jael gave a drink of milk to Sisera, who fell asleep from weariness, then killed him by pounding a tent peg through his head. When Barak arrived, she showed him Sisera, dead in her tent. Barak ברק means lightning in Hebrew . Barcas,

231-533: The following verse implies that the army was swept away by the Kishon River . Following the battle, there was peace for forty years. After the battle, Sisera fled on foot until he came to the campsite of Heber the Kenite in the plain of Zaanaim , where he was received by Jael , Heber's wife. Jael brought him into her tent with apparent hospitality and gave him milk. Jael promised to hide Sisera and covered him with

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252-407: The honor of victory would not go to him, but rather to a woman (Judges 4:9). Barak asked Deborah to go with him because of her connection with God. Some scholars see this as Barak being spineless while others might see Barak making a smart decision since Deborah was seen as a mediator between God and humans. Most authorities believe this passage refers to Jael's killing of Sisera in her tent following

273-570: The opportunity of drinking, or otherwise using, the waters of Israel. Sisera's murder by Jael was frequently depicted in historical European art. Lucas van Leyden , a Dutch engraver and painter during the Renaissance period, created a woodcut of the scene. Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804) wrote an oratorio, Debora e Sisera , for the Lenten season of 1788 at the Teatro di San Carlo , Naples , which

294-461: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barac . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barac&oldid=1196906056 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

315-569: The sea people called Sherden , arguing that Sisera came from the island of Sardinia . Zertal and Oren Cohen proposed that the excavation at Ahwat between Harish and the Wadi Ara is the site of Harosheth Haggoyim , Sisera's military base. However, consensus has not been reached regarding the site of Harosheth Haggoyim. Niditch suggests that its association with the term haroset might indicate its placement at any number of wooded places. The Jewish Encyclopedia reports that possibly his father

336-477: The son of Abinoam, from his home at Kedesh in Naphtali, and ordered him, in the name of God, to take ten thousand men to Mount Tabor. He agreed to on condition that Deborah should go with him. Here he was attacked, as Deborah had expected, by Sisera, whose forces were put to flight, and the greater part of them were slain by Barak's army. Because Barak would not go to battle without Deborah, in turn she prophesied that

357-640: The surname of the famous Hamilcar Barca , is the Punic equivalent of the name. The Epistle to the Hebrews 11:32-34 praises Barak's faith which gave him victory. Barak is also made reference to in chapter 28 of 1 Meqabyan , a book considered canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church . Barak is also used in the Ethiopian language of Amharic. Meaning " He who blesses." Sisera Sisera ( Hebrew : סִיסְרָא Sīsərāʾ ‍ )

378-628: Was Shamgar . According to Jewish legend, because Sisera's mother cried a hundred cries when he did not return home, a hundred blasts are blown on the shofar on Rosh Hashana , the Jewish New Year. The Talmud states that the descendants of Sisera studied Torah in Jerusalem and even taught children there. A direct descendant of Sisera was Rabbi Akiva . According to the Talmud , Jael engaged in sexual intercourse with Sisera seven times, but because she

399-420: Was attempting to exhaust him in order to kill him, her sin was for Heaven's sake and therefore praiseworthy. The significance of that exact number of coituses and the meaning of the multicoital nature of Jael and Sisera's encounter has been discussed in the scholarship, along with an alternate view in rabbinic literature that asserts to the contrary that Jael never engaged in sex with Sisera. Also according to

420-622: Was commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor , who is mentioned in Judges 4–5 of the Hebrew Bible . After being defeated by the forces of the Israelite tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali under the command of Barak and Deborah , Sisera was killed by Jael , who hammered a tent peg into his temple while he slept. According to the biblical book of Judges , Jabin, King of Hazor, oppressed

441-448: Was said to have been "almost universally regarded as one of the most sublime works of the late 18th century." German composer Simon Mayr wrote an oratorio (1793) on the story of Sisera for the church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti in Venice . In Geoffrey Household 's 1939 spy thriller Rogue Male , the protagonist muses: "Behold, Sisera lay dead and the nail was in his temples." In

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