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
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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.
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Judges 4:12 אֲבִינֹ֖עַם Abinoam
When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
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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.
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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.