Bârûwk — Baruch = “blessed”

bᵉkôwr — firstborn, firstling

Genesis 35:23 — “The sons of Leah: Reuben—Jacob’s first-born—Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.”

Genesis 36:15 — “These are the clans of the sons of Esau. The descendants of Esau’s first-born Eliphaz: the clans Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,”

Genesis 38:7 — “But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to GOD, and GOD took his life.”

Genesis 41:51 — “Joseph named the first-born Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget completely my hardship and my parental home.””

Genesis 48:14 — “But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head—thus crossing his hands—although Manasseh was the first-born.”