also garrotte, 1620s, Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation, from Spanish garrote stick for twisting cord, of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French guaroc club, stick, rod, shaft of a crossbow, probably ultimately Celtic, but possibly from Frankish *wrokkan to twist (cf.
Barak was a war leader, not a position for a timid man. When the fighting started, he was right in it leading his men. He pursued the fleeing host and wiped them out to a man, hardly the sign of a timid and weak man. The proof of Barakâs humble meekness, I think, is shown in the song of Deborah in chapter five.
Hamilcar Barca or Barcas was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. The name Hamilcar was a common name for Carthaginian men. The name brq means thunderbolt in the Punic language and is thus equivalent to the epithet or cognomen Keraunos, common among many contemporary Greek commanders, and the Biblical general Barak. Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily