Hebrew word · H42

אֲבִינֹ֫עַם

'avino'am

Abinoam

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.6;

father of: Barak (H1301)

§ Abinoam = "my father is delight"

father of Barak, descendant of Naphtali

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Judges · 4
  1. Judges 4:6 אֲבִינֹ֔עַם Abinoam

    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

    Here: Barak's father. The name means 'my father is pleasantness' (or 'my divine Father is kindness'). He appears only as Barak's father.

  2. Judges 4:12 אֲבִינֹ֖עַם Abinoam

    When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

  3. Judges 5:1 אֲבִינֹ֑עַם Abinoam

    On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

    Here: Barak's father, from Kedesh in Naphtali (4:6). The name probably means 'my father is pleasantness'. This is the same full identification used in 4:6 and 4:12, tying the poem to the prose account.

  4. Judges 5:12 אֲבִינֹֽעַם׃ Abinoam

    ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

    Here: Barak's father, whose name means roughly 'my father is delight/pleasantness'. The full name closes the line with formal weight.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.