Baruch

See also: Barúch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ (Barukh, “blessed”). Cognate with Arabic بَارَك (bārak, “Barak”).

Pronunciation

• Biblical Name (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbä rəx/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ ɹəx/, /ˈbɑɹ.ux/
• Modern Name (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈrux/

Proper noun

Baruch

1. (biblical) Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 36:4:

     Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.

Translations

Biblical figure

• Asturian: Baruc (ast)
• Esperanto: Baruĥo
• French: Baruch (fr) m
• Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ (he) m (Barúkh)
• Indonesian: Barukh
• Italian: Baruc m
• Polish: Baruch (pl) m
• Spanish: Baruc m

book of the Bible

• Asturian: Baruc (ast)
• Esperanto: Baruĥo
• French: Baruch (fr) m
• Italian: Baruc m
• Polish: Księga Barucha f
• Spanish: Baruc m

given name

• French: Baruch (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Βαρούχ (Baroúkh)

• Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ (he) m (Barúkh)
• Irish: Barúch m
• Ladino:

  Hebrew: ברוך m

  Roman: Baruh m

• Polish: Baruch (pl) m
• Spanish: Baruc m
• Yiddish: ברוך m (Borekh)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁuʃ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Baruch m

1. (biblical) Baruch