From the verb נעם naem to be pleasant.

Naomi mara meaning. Do not call me Naomi. And on her return to Bethlehem she wished to be known as Mara bitterness instead of. The phrase grieves me very much is the word for bitter.

Naomi continues and says the Lord has testified against me again with the same idea in mind toward bitterness. She had bitter gall. The name Naomi means Pleasant delightful lovely But when the woman of Bethlehem called out Is this Naomi she was quick to correct them.

Naomi asks her fellow Israelites. She was married to Elimelech my God is King from Bethlehem of Judah and had two sons- Mahlon sick and Chileon pining. Mara which means bitter as a personality trait is the complete opposite of the meaning of Noomi.

The name is derived from a root signifying sweetness or pleasantness. She had two Moabite daughters-in-law Ruth and Orpah. Her Ancestry and Family Life.

An ancestress of Jesus who after her sons Mahlon whom Ruth was married to and Chilion died said Do not call me Naomi call me Mara for. Definition and meaningMARA ma-ra mar-a marah bitter. But as is always the case human sight is short and as the story of Noomi folds her bitterness vanishes when she holds Ruths baby Obed.

In the Bible Naomi adopted the name Mara after the death of. Hebrew Baby Names Meaning. Here her husband and sons died.