Naomi (biblical figure)
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Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Ruth. The name derives from the Hebrew word na’im, meaning "good, pleasant, lovely, winsome."
Ruth swearing to Naomi by Jan Victors, 1653
Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, by William Blake
Ruth (biblical figure)
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Ruth is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite, Mahlon. After the death of all the male members of her family, she stayed with her mother-in-
Naomi (biblical figure)
…Naomi (Classically , colloquially ; Hebrew: נָעֳמִי, Modern: Noʻomī, Tiberian: Nā‘ŏmī) is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Ruth. The name derives from the Hebrew word na’im, meaning "good, pleasant, lovely, winsome." Naomi…
Ruth by Francesco Hayez, 1835
Detail of a stained-glass window by Henry Holiday in Salisbury Cathedral (1880)
Boaz and Ruth by Rembrandt