Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, by William Blake

Naomi (נָעֳמִי "Pleasant;agreeable", Standard Hebrew Naʿomi, Tiberian Hebrew Noʿŏmî) is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct (yet very well documented Oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was This article is about the ancient Hebrew religious text For the 20th-century English-language novel see The Book of Ruth (novel The Book of Ruth In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. This article is about the ancient Hebrew religious text For the 20th-century English-language novel see The Book of Ruth (novel The Book of Ruth Later, she called herself Mara, or "bitter" (Ruth 1:20-21): "She said to them, 'Do not call me Naomi call me "Mara" (מרה), for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. '" referring to the death of her husband (Elimelech) and her two sons (Maklon and Chilion). She had with her a very faithful daughter-in-law named Ruth who decided to follow her. Ruth would later become the great-grandmother of David, the future king. David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible