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Jun 21, 2021 · The outcome of Orpah’s choice is not known. What we can know is that she returned to “her people and her gods,” and she probably remarried and gave birth to children. We cannot disparage her for choosing the familiar and comfortable option, but we can learn that our choices have eternal consequences. We know from Orpah that we can choose ...
Nov 9, 2005 · The ultimate outcome of Oprah’s failure of nerve was that she joined the forces of evil. She returned to the fields of Moab but because she was wanton, they did not accept her. She went to the land of Philistines where she bore six bastards. All of them fell by the hand of David, the descendent of Ruth (Zohar Chadash, Ruth 81b).
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In Ruth 1, we find there was a famine in the land of Canaan. Naomi, along with her husband and two sons, travels from Bethlehem to Moab to escape the dismal conditions. While living there Naomi’s husband, Elimelek dies. Her two sons marry Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah. The marriages left Ruth’s sons unequally yoked since the Moabites worshipped the...
Biblical names held great significance.Orpah’s name has a few meanings. One is a derivation of the Hebrew word “oreph” which means neck. This translation could label Orpah as stiff-necked since she turned away from her mother-in-law after her husband’s death and returned to her people. Other translations label the name Orpah as a fawn or gazelle, y...
Orpah listened to Naomi’s plea. During biblical times, women relied on men for survival, to provide a roof over their heads and put food on the table. Naomi knew it would be difficult for three widowed women to make a life of their own. Women married for necessity more than desire. But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with...
Orpah didn’t stow away in the middle of the night when no one was watching. She didn’t leave in secret or go against her mother-in-law's wishes. She did what Naomi told her to do, not once or twice, but three times Naomi tells her to turn back. At first, Orpah remains with her mother-in-law, along with Ruth. In verses 9-10, the Bible explains “Then...
Nov 2, 2005 · Kabbala teaches that in our world, good and evil, darkness and light, are inextricably intermixed. The task of man leading to redemption is to separate them, to consign each one to tos rightful place. On the road to Bethlehem, Naomi called both Orpah and Ruth,”my daughters”. This means that Orpah also could have been the mother of David.
or'-pa (`orpah; for meaning see below): A Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, son of Elimelech and Naomi. Unlike her sister Ruth she returned to her own people after escorting Naomi on her way to Judah ( Ruth 1:4 ). Her name is supposed to be derived from the Hebrew word for "neck" (`oreph), and so to mean "stiff-necked" because of her turning-back from ...
Orpah ( Hebrew: עָרְפָּה ʿOrpā, meaning "neck" or "fawn") is a woman mentioned in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible. She was from Moab and was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion. [1] After the death of her husband, Orpah and her sister-in-law Ruth wished to go to Judea with Naomi. However, Naomi tried to persuade both ...
In Brief. Orpah is one of the secondary characters of the Book of Ruth, which tells the reader only that she was Naomi’s second daughter-in-law. Like her sister-in-law Ruth, she initially wanted to accompany Naomi and return with her to her land. Unlike Ruth, she finally accepted her mother-in-law’s arguments and went back to Moab.
