Naomi as a girls name is pronounced nay-OH-mee.

Naomi mara meaning. In Hebrew it means pleasantness and was originally pronounced with the stress on the a the o is a hataf qamatz marked with a shva to indicate that it is very short. Naomi pleasant mother-in-law of Ruth claimed the name Mara bitteras an expression of grief after the deaths of her husband and sons. Just a wee bit.

Naomi says Call me Mara because Shaddai has dealt bitterly with me Ruth 120 and the word for bitter comes from the verb מרר marar meaning to be bitter. Abarim Publications Biblical Dictionary. In the Bible Naomi adopted the name Mara after the death of.

Do not call me Naomi. Naomi mother-in-law of Ruth claimed the name Mara as an expression of grief after the deaths of her husband and sons. She had bitter gall.

Naomi we have already said means pleasant or perhaps strictly my pleasantness. Hebrew Baby Names Meaning. The term which Naomi applies to herself on her return from Moab to her native country.

--Here we have one of the constant plays on words and names found in the Hebrew Bible. The verb מרר marar means to be strong or bitter and can be used to describe tastes and smells and hard or difficult. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me We think its fair to say Naomi is Mara ie bitter.

People recognise and remember Naomi but when they greet her she declares Dont call me Naomi Mara in English means bitter. She was married to Elimelech my God is King from Bethlehem of Judah and had two sons- Mahlon sick and Chileon pining. Naomi is the Hebrew word for pleasant and Mara is the Hebrew word for bitter.