Barak (Hebrew: בָּרָק, bārāq, "lightning"), is a masculine name of Hebrew origin…
It appears in the biblical Book of Judges as the name of the Israelite general Barak…
The Semitic root B-R-Q has the meaning "to shine"; "lightning".
The biblical name ברק Bārāq is given after Barak, a military commander who appears in the Book of Judges…
Abinoam was the father of Barak, and a descendant of Naphtali…
The epithet Barcas of the Punic general Hamilcar is derived from the same root…
This has led many to assume that Hannibal was an Israelite, specifically, from the tribe of Naphtali…
Carthage was founded by Phoenicians / Canaanites…
Canaanites were a Hamitic people…
This is a statue from ancient Carthage, it is 2,000 years old and located in the Bardo Museum in Tunisia…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_bardo-museum05.JPG
Now Hannibal is known to have struck coins while in Italy…
According to M. Cary and H.H. Scullard, authors of “A History of Rome”,—“At Capua, Hannibal issued an electrum coinage and probably some silver coins, also with elephants” (see notes no. 16, p. 600)
Hannibal was a general and statesman from Ancient Carthage who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history...
The military genius was arguably most famous for climbing the Alps with war elephants whose sole purpose was to stomp the Roman army...
Greek historian Polybius and the Roman historian Livy are the two primary sources for his life...
According to them, Hannibal was taken to Spain by his father and at an early age was made to swear eternal hostility to Rome...
Hannibal’s life was one of near constant struggle against the Roman Republic…
He became a general at the age of 26 and managed to unite barbarian tribes to stop Rome’s imperial rise…
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