ba.rukh is a personal name, chiefly borne by Baruch son of Neriah, who writes and reads Jeremiah’s words.

The form is consistently a proper personal name: it most often identifies Baruch son of Neriah in the Jeremiah narratives, including his work with a scroll and Jeremiah’s spoken words, while it also names men in Nehemiah’s lists and building account.

1. Personal name in narrative and genealogical references · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In Jeremiah 36:4 the APB renders Baruch son of Neriah being summoned to write Jeremiah’s words on a scroll; in Jeremiah 36:10 he reads the document publicly, and in Jeremiah 36:32 he writes another scroll from Jeremiah’s mouth. The same name also occurs for a builder in Nehemiah 3:20 and within the ancestry of Maaseiah in Nehemiah 11:5.

   Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:10Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 43:6Nehemiah 3:20Nehemiah 11:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the Jeremiah verses, the APB normally presents the proper name as “Baruch,” often with “son of Neriah.” In Nehemiah 10:7, the supplied translation’s list does not visibly include the name, illustrating that the verse is read as a whole.