Exodus 18:10:3Exod.18.10.W3TAB
בָּר֣וּךְ
barukh
“Blessed be”
- Transliteration
- ba-RUKH
- Extended
- bah-ROOKH
- IPA
- /ba.ˈruːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Blessed be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RUKH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O
- sentence
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the predicate participle barukh {בָּרוּךְ֣ | bārûḵ} ‘blessed’ is fronted before the divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, forming a benediction formula.
Root and etymology
ב־ר־ך
“to kneel, bless”
In context — Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD , who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:10, so the Hebrew word בָּר֣וּךְ (barukh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.18.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.10.W3.S1) and character.