Barak

Douay Bible, Bar·ac

[bair-uhk, bey-rak, buh-rahk]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a military commander who, with Deborah, destroyed the Canaanite army under Sisera.

2. Ehud, born 1942, Israeli military leader and politician: prime minister 1999–2001.

Barak

/ ˈbærək /

noun

1. Ehud (ɛˈhʊd). born 1942, Israeli politician, prime minister (1999–2001); left the Labour Party (2011) to form the breakaway party Independence

Example Sentences

The president himself tried this one on Axios reporter and CNN analyst Barak Ravid.

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She used her conference speech to argue they will be the party of "fivers" – emulating the micro-donations successes of US figures like Barak Obama and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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"In Barak Valley in Assam, it's mostly chewing tobacco; just 25km away in Mizoram, smoking dominates. Add to that alcohol, areca nuts, and even how meat is prepared. Food choices and preparation drive cancer risk. There's no special cancer-causing gene at play - hereditary cancers aren't more common here than in other parts of India," Dr Kannan said.

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Two former prime ministers, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, have already accused Netanyahu of turning Israel into an international pariah.

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The group included former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Ami Ayalon, former chief of Shin Bet - Israel's domestic secret service agency - former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and former Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon among others.

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