Mara bitter or bitterness.

Naomi name change. After her husband and sons died Naomi attempted to change her name to Mara or bitterness to reflect her hard circumstances. At the start of her. For Naomi 74 Kanji variations.

Bethlehem may have looked something like this Middle Eastern village. She kisses them and asks that the Lord deal kindly with them Ruth 1814. Call me Mara she answered for the Almighty has made me very bitter HCSB Bitterness is a funny thing.

For the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. Neither history nor her daughter-in-law Ruth indulged her and before long God again blessed her with a family. Perhaps funny is not the right word because there really isnt anything funny about bitterness.

Some think that God changed Sauls name to Paul after his conversion but this isnt true. Naomi who later changes her name to Mara which means bitterness opposed to Naomi meaning sweet loses her husband and her two sons which constitutes all her male family members. The greater number of kanji variations the more common name is in Japan.

After the men die Naomi and Ruth go to Bethlehem where Ruth meets Boaz marries him and becomes an ancestor of Jesus. - And she said to them Call me not Naomi call me Mara. From Naomi to Mara.

119-22 Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Kanji choices and meanings are listed here. The name is borne from the Bible.