Barukברוכ

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In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Baruk (ברוכ) — attested in Gen 9:26 (74 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 9:26

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹ֣הֵי שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

And he said,“Blessed be the ETERNAL,The God of Shem;Let Canaan be a slave to them.

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria228
Letters4 consonants
Theophoricno

Wikipedia — Barouk

Barouk
Municipality in Mount Lebanon

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.

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.

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Taurus · Vav

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.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
24 Apr 1857Pisces3