Bedan ~ ባርቅ: The name “Bedan” means according to judgment / HBN, (1 ሳሙ 12፡11)

The name ‘Bedan’ is derived from the root word ‘Bedanya’ (በዳኛ) ፥ the meaning is ‘by the rule, by the judge...’ / Ibid.

A judge of Israel between Jerubbaal and Jephthah “And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah ... and ye dwelled safe.” (1 Sam 12:11)

The other person with the same name: The son of Gilead, (1 Chr 7:17)
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ባርቅ ~Barak: ብራቅ፣ መብረቅ፣ ነጸብራቅ፣ ቅጽበታዊ ብርሃን፣ ብልጭታ ማለት ነው።

Barak- ‘በረቀ’ ከሚለው ግስ የመጣ ስም ነው።

[መብረቅ ማለት ነው / መቅቃ]

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሁለት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        ባርቅ /Barak: ነቢይቱ የለፊዶት ሚስት ዲቦራ ያዘዘችው፥ (መሣ 4፡6)

II.                        ባርቅ /Bedan: “እግዚአብሔርም ይሩበአልም፥ ባርቅንም፥ ዮፍታሔንም፥ ሳሙኤልንም ላከ፥ ...” (1ሳሙ 2፡11)