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lap´i-doth, -doÌ„th (לפּידות, lappı̄dhoÌ„th, “flames,†“torchesâ€; the King James Version, Lapidoth): Deborah's husband (). The Hebrew name is a feminine plural like Jeremoth (), Naboth (). The plural is probably intensive. Jewish interpreters have identified Lappidoth (“flamesâ€) with Barak (“lightningâ€). Some have taken the words rendered “wife of Lappidoth†('eÌ„sheth lappı̄dhoÌ„th) as a description of Deborah, and have translated them, “woman of lights,†i.e. maker of wicks for the sanctuary; or “woman of flames,†referring to her prophetic zeal. These explanations are more interesting than probable.