# baruch (בָּרוּךְ)

pronounced: ba-RUKH


**Blessed — as in a blessing spoken**

## In Scripture

> He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”   Abram gave him a tenth of all.
> — Genesis 14:19-20 (Melchizedek's blessing — baruch spoken over a man, then back to God)

> You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
> — Deuteronomy 28:3 (The covenant blessings — baruch declared over ordinary life)

> Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
> — Psalm 118:26 (Baruch haba — the cry sung to Yeshua entering Jerusalem)

> Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.
> — Jeremiah 17:7 (Baruch as a settled state, not a wish)


## 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/