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Richteren 4:4

Encyclopedie, Jewish Encyclopedia, [2002], LAPIDOTH Emil G. Hirsch E. I. Nathans, LAPIDOTH (LAPPIDOTH)
The husband of Deborah (Judges iv. 4), whom the Rabbis identify with Barak (= "lightning"); known also as Michael (so D. Ḳimḥi, Budde, and Wellhausen). "Lapidoth" is an intensive plural (comp. "Naboth"), with probably a figurative meaning (Böttcher, "Lehrbuch," § 719a).