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== Life and family ==

== Life and family ==

Her full name is "Deborah, wife of Lappidoth." (Hebrew '''לַפִּידֹ֑ות''') ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=5|verses=4}}) That could mean the wife of a man named Lappidoth or simply "the woman of the lamps," because ''Lappidoth'' is the plural of '''לַפִּידֹ֑''' ''lappid'' a lamp, torch, or flame. Some Rabbinical commentators identify this Lappidoth with [[Barak]] (Hebrew '''בָרָ֣ק''', a flash of lightning) and suggest that Barak/Lappidoth was a furnisher of lamps for the [[Tabernacle]].<ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG, Levi GB, Schechter S, and Kohler K, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=187&letter=D Deborah]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 15, 2008.</ref> However, Deborah seems to have been an [[Ephraim (tribe)|Ephraimite]], while Barak was clearly a [[Naphtali (tribe)|Naphthalite]]. ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=4|verses=6}}).

Her full name is "Deborah, wife of Lappidoth." (Hebrew '''לַפִּידֹ֑ות''') ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=4|verses=4}}) That could mean the wife of a man named Lappidoth or simply "the woman of the lamps," because ''Lappidoth'' is the plural of '''לַפִּידֹ֑''' ''lappid'' a lamp, torch, or flame. Some Rabbinical commentators identify this Lappidoth with [[Barak]] (Hebrew '''בָרָ֣ק''', a flash of lightning) and suggest that Barak/Lappidoth was a furnisher of lamps for the [[Tabernacle]].<ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG, Levi GB, Schechter S, and Kohler K, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=187&letter=D Deborah]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 15, 2008.</ref> However, Deborah seems to have been an [[Ephraim (tribe)|Ephraimite]], while Barak was clearly a [[Naphtali (tribe)|Naphthalite]]. ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=4|verses=6}}).

== Background ==

== Background ==