Baruch

[ bair-uh k for 1; buh-rook for 2, 3 ]
/ ˈbɛər ək for 1; bəˈruk for 2, 3 /

noun

the amanuensis and friend of Jeremiah and nominal author of the book of Baruch in the Apocrypha. Jer. 32:12.
Bernard Man·nes [man-uh s] /ˈmæn əs/,1870–1965, U.S. statesman and financier.
a male given name.

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full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
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Baruch
/ (ˈbɛərʊk, ˈbɑː-) /

noun

Bible
  1. a disciple of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32–36)
  2. the book of the Apocrypha said to have been written by him
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