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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Ruth


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Ruth is the name of a Moabite lady who married a man who was from Bethlehem in Judah. That man died and Ruth moved to Bethlehem, together with her mother in law Naomi. There she met and married Boaz, who was also a Bethlehemite and kinsman of Naomi. Boaz and Ruth became the great-great parents of king David.

The name Ruth comes, like the name Reu, from the rich root raa (ra'a 2185-2187):
raa (ra'a 2185) means pasture, tend, graze. rei (re'i 2185a) means pasture.
raa (ra'a 2186) means associate with, be a friend of. rea (rea' 2186a) means friend.
raa (ra'a 2187) is an untreated root with derivations rea (rea' 2187a), purpose, aim, and reut (re'ut 2187b), longing.
Very curious are the derivations of the verb raa (ra'a 2191), be bad, evil: rea (ra'a 2191a), evil, distress, and raa (ra'a 2191c), evil, misery.
raa (ra'a 2192) reveals the mechanical concept of evil: break, shatter.

Generally, the name Ruth is seen as a feminine derivation of the root raa (ra'a 2186), associate with, be a friend of. As such the name Ruth means (lady-) friend or (lady-) companion.



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