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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Mara (Woman living before Israel's Monarchy)
"Bitter." Naomi came home to Bethlehem from Moab having buried her husband and both sons, and told the women to call her Mara instead, because God had dealt bitterly with her.
First, in plain English
"Bitter." Naomi came home to Bethlehem from Moab having buried her husband and both sons, and told the women to call her Mara instead, because God had dealt bitterly with her.
Who this is
Mara, meaning "bitter," was the name Naomi took for herself on returning to Bethlehem from Moab, after the deaths of her husband and two sons left her feeling that God had dealt bitterly with her (Ruth 1:20).
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The word
H4755
Where it appears
- Ruth 1:20
