ruth
/ɹˈuθ/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
noun
- United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
- the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
“the blind are too often objects of pity” - a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
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