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As others have said, that is the “literal meaning.”
It should come as no surprise to you that the words in our prayers require more than just translating the word, the meaning of a phrase is different than the meaning of an individual word. Meaning, the word Baruch alone means blessed but in the context of Baruch ata Hashem it takes on a slightly different or more absolute meaning.
Its a basic concept that things cant be translated literally without understanding the context. Every pasuk Chumash is loaded with meaning (which is why we have teh Oral Law/Talmud…Medrash)
The Torah was written in a brief form, so was the Mishna and Gemara, the Brachos and prayers were formulated by the Sages, they knew how to condense many layers of meaning into as short a verse or phrase as possible.