Barukברוכ
In the Bible
A biblical personal name — Baruk (ברוכ) — first attested in Jer 32:12 (74 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
וָאֶתֵּ֞ן אֶת־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַמִּקְנָ֗ה אֶל־בָּר֣וּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה֮ בֶּן־מַחְסֵיָה֒ לְעֵינֵי֙ חֲנַמְאֵ֣ל דֹּדִ֔י וּלְעֵינֵי֙ הָֽעֵדִ֔ים הַכֹּתְבִ֖ים בְּסֵ֣פֶר הַמִּקְנָ֑ה לְעֵינֵי֙ כׇּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בַּחֲצַ֥ר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃
and gave the deed to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah in the presence of my kinsman Hanamel, of the witnesses who were named<sup class="footnote-marker">d</sup><i class="footnote"><b>who were named </b>With many mss. and ancient versions; so ancient Near Eastern practice. Other mss. and the editions read “who wrote” (i.e., signed their names).</i> in the deed, and all the Judeans who were sitting in the prison compound.
Facts
| Type | person |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 228 |
| Letters | 4 consonants |
| Theophoric | no |
Wikipedia — Barouk
Barouk is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares. The village had 5,197 registered voters in 2010. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze and Maronite and Melkite Christians.
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Baruk (ברוכ) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| ב | 2 | 2 |
| ר | 200 | 2 |
| ו | 6 | 6 |
| ך | 20 | 2 |
| Total | 228 | 3 |
Stellar letters
The 4-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Baruk appears in the stellar reading on 1 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |