How to Pronounce Baruch
BEHR-ook
Baruch is pronounced BEHR-ook (ˈbɛərʌk): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: BAIR-uck.
What does Baruch mean?
Baruch means “who is blessed”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Baruch?
Blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them before the counsellors of the king at a private interview; and then to the king himself, who, after hearing a part of the roll, cut it with a penknife, and threw it into the fire of his winter parlour, where he was sitting.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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