H1299 H1299
Flash (lightning), imperative verb meaning to flash forth or send out lightning
This Qal imperative verb appears in Psalm 144:6, in David's prayer for divine intervention: 'Flash lightning' (baroq baraq). The verb is formed from the noun 'baraq' (lightning) and means to flash or send forth lightning. The construction uses a cognate accusative ('flash lightning'), intensifying the request. David asks God to use lightning as a weapon to scatter enemies, similar to theophanic imagery elsewhere in Psalms. Lightning represents God's powerful intervention in battle, striking terror and confusion into hostile forces.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Qal imperative verb meaning 'flash' or 'send forth lightning,' appearing in Psalm 144:6 with cognate accusative ('flash lightning'). The verb derives from the noun 'baraq' (lightning) and requests divine intervention through lightning as a weapon to scatter enemies. This theophanic imagery—God wielding lightning bolts—appears throughout biblical poetry (Psalm 18:14, 2 Samuel 22:15). Multilingual renderings (Lanza 'hurl,' flash, dans-lancer-l'éclair 'in hurling lightning,' blitzen) capture both the luminous flash and the violent martial action of God shooting lightning arrows. 1×
AR["أَبْرِقْ"]·ben["বিদ্যুৎ-চমকাও"]·DE["blitzen"]·EN["flash"]·FR["dans-lancer-l'éclair"]·heb["ב-רוק"]·HI["चमका"]·ID["kilatkan"]·IT["[ברוק]"]·jav["Mugi-kilataken"]·KO["번개치소서"]·PT["Lança"]·RU["блесни-"]·ES["Lanza"]·SW["angaza"]·TR["çaktır-"]·urd["بِ-چمکا"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בָּרַק vb. flash, of lightning (Arabic بَرَقَ gleam, flash, lighten, Assyrian barâḳu ZimBP 76, Aramaic בְּרַק, ܒܪܰܩ, Ethiopic በረቀ Sab. ברק Hal252 cf. DHMZMG 1875, 597)— Qal Pf. בָּרַק so read after 𝔊L 2 S 22:15 & also in ‖ ψ 18:15 (cf. Klo Che crit. n.); Imv. בְּרֹק ψ 144:6;—all c. acc. cogn. בָּרָק, בְּרָקִים;—flash, trans. flash lightning, subj. י׳.