Naomi (Bible)

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Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, by William Blake

Naomi (נָעֳמִי "Pleasant;agreeable", Standard Hebrew Noʿomi, Tiberian Hebrew Noʿŏmî) is Ruth's mother in law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth. She later renamed herself Mara (מרה). (Ruth 1:20-21): "She said to them, 'Do not call me Naomi call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.'" (Revised Standard Version) Mara is a Hebrew name that means "bitter". Through Ruth's marriage to Boaz she becomes an ancestor of King David.

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