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| Name | Naomi (No'omi) - נָעֳמִי |
| Gender |  |
| Time of appearance | The Biblical Era |
| Meaning | |
| History | The mother in law of Ruth the Moabitess. After Ruth's husband's death, she stayed with her mother in law. "And Ruth said: Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." Ruth 1, 16-17 |
| Citation | "And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died, and she was left and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab, the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth." Ruth 1, 3-4 |
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