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.
Barak - also Baruch means Blessed Hussein - means Handsome One. Obama - is surname based on a given name from the Dholuo language spoken by the Luo people of Kenya. It is based on the verb bam meaning bent, and probably refers either to an infant's arm or leg looking bent just after birth, or to the birth itself having been in the breech position.