# baruch haba (בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא)

pronounced: ba-RUKH ha-BA


**“Blessed is the one who comes” — said as a welcome**

## In Scripture

> Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
> — Psalm 118:26 (Exact phrase — the pilgrim blessing from which Baruch Haba comes.)

> The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna  to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
> — Matthew 21:9 (New Testament quotation — the crowds apply Psalm 118 to Yeshua’s entry into Jerusalem.)

> For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
> — Matthew 23:39 (New Testament quotation — Yeshua places this welcome on Jerusalem’s future lips.)

> Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out, “Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
> — Mark 11:9 (New Testament quotation — Mark preserves the pilgrim cry at the triumphal entry.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/baruch-haba/