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Re: Barack as in Barack Obama
I realize that this is not the origin of Sen Obama's name, but Barak in Hebrew means "lightning", and appears in the Bible. I only bring this up because Barak and Barack are homonyms.
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That doesn't have mean that they have the same origin. When I read Barack, my first though was Barak "Lightning" too, but there are a-ling sounding names tghat have nothing to do with each other (example click on Naomi)Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
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