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Conj-w | N-mp  |  19× in 1 sense
Lightning: a flash of brilliant light in a storm; used of divine theophany, judgment, and dazzling glory.
Bārāq denotes the flash of lightning that splits the sky during a thunderstorm, but in Scripture it reaches far beyond meteorology. At Sinai, lightnings (bĕrāqîm) accompanied thunder and thick cloud as God descended (Exod 19:16). The psalmist celebrates how God's lightnings illumine the world and make the earth tremble (Ps 97:4). In Deuteronomy 32:41 God whets his 'flashing sword'—bĕraq as the gleam of a blade. Nahum 2:5 likens chariots to lightning for sheer speed. Spanish 'relámpago,' French 'éclair,' and German 'Blitz' each preserve the vivid, instantaneous brilliance at the word's core.

Senses
1. lightning A flash of lightning, whether literal atmospheric discharge or figurative of divine power and brilliance. Predominantly plural (bĕrāqîm) for lightning flashes in theophany at Sinai (Exod 19:16) and in the Psalms (77:18; 97:4; 135:7). Singular in Ps 144:6 as a weapon God hurls. Figuratively, it describes the gleaming edge of God's sword (Deut 32:41) and the swift flash of chariot metal (Nah 2:5). Ezekiel 1:13 uses it for the fiery brilliance among the living creatures. 19×
NATURAL_WORLD Physical Events and States Lightning and Radiance
AR["البُرُوقُ", "الْبَرْقِ", "الْبُرُوقَ", "بَرْقًا", "بَرْقٌ", "بَرْقٍ", "بَرْقَ", "بَرْقِ", "بُرُوقًا", "بُرُوقُهُ", "كَالْبَرْقِ", "كَالْبُرُوقِ", "لِلْبَرْقِ", "وَ-بَرْقٌ", "وَ-بُرُوقٌ", "وَبَرْقُ"]·ben["এবং-ঝলক-", "এবং-বিদ্যুত", "এবং-বিদ্যুৎ", "ঝলক", "তাঁর-বিদ্যুৎ", "বিদ্যুতের", "বিদ্যুতের-", "বিদ্যুতের-জন্যে", "বিদ্যুতের-মতো", "বিদ্যুৎ", "বিদ্যুৎগুলি", "বিদ্যুৎগুলিকে"]·DE["Blitz", "Blitz-von", "[ברק]", "[ברקים]", "[וברק]", "[כברק]", "[כברקים]", "[לברק]", "in-nur", "lightnings", "sein-Blitz-bolts", "und-lightnings"]·EN["Lightning", "and-flash-of", "and-lightnings", "and-the-glittering-point", "for-lightning", "his-lightning-bolts", "lightning", "lightning-of", "lightnings", "like-the-lightning", "like-the-lightnings", "the-flash-of"]·FR["[ברקים]", "dans-éclair", "et-lightnings", "et-éclair", "éclair", "éclair-de"]·heb["ברק", "ברקיו", "ברקים", "ו-ברק", "ו-ברקים", "כ-ברקים", "כ-ה-ברק", "ל-ברק"]·HI["उसकी-बिजलियोंने", "और-चमक", "और-बिजलियां", "और-बिजली", "चमक", "चमकने", "जैसे-बिजली", "बिजलियाँ", "बिजलियां", "बिजलियों-को", "बिजली", "बिजली-का", "बेराकीम"]·ID["dan-kilat", "kilat", "kilat-kilat", "kilat-kilat-Nya", "seperti-kilat", "untuk-kilat"]·IT["[ברקים]", "e-e-il-glittering-point", "e-in-solo", "e-lightnings", "fulmine-di", "in-solamente", "in-solo", "lampo", "lightnings"]·jav["kados-bledhèg", "kados-kilat", "kanggé-kilat", "kilat", "kilat-nipun", "kilat.", "lan-kilat", "mugi-kilataken-kilat"]·KO["-번득임-위한", "같이-번개들", "그-의-번개-들-이", "그리고-번개-가", "그리고-번개가", "그리고-번개들이", "번개(접)", "번개-같이", "번개-의", "번개가", "번개들-을", "번개들-이", "번개들을", "번개를", "번개의", "번득임의", "번득임이"]·PT["Relâmpagos", "como-relâmpago", "como-relâmpagos", "e-brilho", "e-relâmpago", "e-relâmpagos", "os-relâmpagos", "para-relâmpago", "relâmpago", "relâmpago-de", "relâmpago-de-", "relâmpagos", "seus-relâmpagos"]·RU["блеск", "блеска", "возрадуемся", "завёрнутый", "и-блеск", "и-молнии", "и-молния", "как-молнии", "как-молния", "молнией", "молнии", "молнии-Его", "молния"]·ES["como-relámpago", "como-relámpagos", "el-relámpago-de", "el-relámpago-de-", "para-relámpago", "relámpago", "relámpagos", "sus-relámpagos", "y-el-rayo", "y-relámpago-de", "y-relámpagos"]·SW["kama-umeme", "kwa-umeme", "mwanga-wa-umeme", "na-kumeta-kwa", "na-umeme", "umeme", "umeme-wa", "umeme-wake", "wa-umeme"]·TR["parıltısını", "ve-parlayan", "ve-parıltısı", "ve-şimşekler", "çaktır-şimşek", "çıkan", "şimşek", "şimşek-gibi", "şimşek-için", "şimşekler", "şimşekler-gibi", "şimşekleri", "şimşeği", "şimşeğin"]·urd["اور-بجلی", "اور-بجلیاں", "اور-چمک", "اُس-کی-بجلیاں", "بجلی", "بجلی-کی", "بجلی-کی-طرح", "بجلیاں", "بجلیوں کو", "بجلیوں-کی-طرح", "چمک", "چمک-کے-لیے"]

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
בָּרָק n.m. Ez 1:13 lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic بَرْقٌ, Assyrian birḳu COTGloss, ZimBP 76, 82 Aramaic בְּרַק, ܒܰܪܩܳܐ )—abs. ב׳ Jb 20:25 + 7 times + 2 S 22:15 (cf. infr.); cstr. בְּרַק Dt 32:41 + 2 times; pl. בְּרָקִים Ex 19:16 + 7 times, בְּרָקָיו ψ 97:4;—lightning, 1. lit. mostly pl. = lightnings, lightning-flashes Ex 19:16 ψ 18:15 (in theoph., on 2 S 22:15 v. infr.) 77:19; 97:4;