Orpah (right) leaving Ruth and Naomi. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1576.Woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld
Orpah (Hebrew: עָרְפָּהʿOrpā, 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 Ruth and Orpah to return to their people and to their gods. Ruth chose to remain with Naomi, but Orpah chose to return to her people and her gods. (Ruth i. 4 et seq.).
In rabbinic literature, the treatment of Orpah is almost entirely negative.[2] Orpah is identified with Harapha, the mother of the four Philistine giants (2 Samuel 21:16), one of whom was Goliath. These four sons were said to have been given her for the four tears which she shed at parting with her mother-in-law (Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 42b). The name Harapha stems from the word for threshing; she allowed herself to be "threshed" by many men, as one would thresh wheat (Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 42b).[3]
The Sanhedrin tractate in the Talmud says that she was killed by King David's general Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, with her own spindle.[4][5]
^Ruth 1:4
^Walfish, Barry Dov. "The Defamation of Orpah". thetorah.com.
^Brand, Ezra. "Talmudic Elaboration of Sexuality and Love in Biblical Narratives - Pt. 1".
^Talmud Sanhedrin 95a
^Brand, Ezra. ""One day David went falcon-hunting": The Demilitarized, Rabbinized, and Enchanted Story of Avishai Saving David From Yishbi-benov (II Samuel 21:15-17; Sanhedrin 95a)". Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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...
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married the Moabite convert Orpah. Elimelech and his sons all died in Moab, leaving Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah widowed. Ruth and Orpah did not bear Jewish children...
dies, and the sons marry two Moabite women: Mahlon weds Ruth and Chilion, Orpah. After about ten years, the two sons of Naomi also die in Moab (1:4). Naomi...
makes the blood relationship even closer, considering Orpah and Ruth to have been full sisters. Orpah was said to have made a pretense of accompanying Ruth...
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Ephrathites (of the tribe of Judah) Mahlon and Chilion to the Moabite women Orpah and Ruth (Ruth 1:2–4), and the marriage of the latter, after her husband's...
Last Train from Gun Hill (1958). She portrayed Naomi's daughter-in-law Orpah in the 20th Century Fox biblical epic The Story of Ruth (1960), which stars...
promptly dies. Naomi (married to Elimelech), Orpah (married to Chilion), and Ruth are now widowed. Orpah returns to her Moabite family, and Ruth chooses...
33:4), Moses greeted his father-in-law and kissed him (Exodus 18:7), and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law before leaving her (Ruth 1:14). The family kiss...
Elimelech died there. Naomi's two sons married Moabite women, named Ruth and Orpah. Naomi's two sons then died. Naomi and Ruth then journeyed back to Judah...
Ruth Noa – daughter of Zelophehad. Numbers Noadiah – prophetess. Nehemiah Orpah – Sister-in-law to Ruth. Ruth Peninnah – Wife of Elkanah. I Samuel Persis...
about 10 years (Ruth 1:4). Mahlon and Chilion took Moabite wives, Ruth and Orpah. See Bronze Age collapse (1206–1150 BCE) Judges 12:7 Ruth 1:1–4 1180–1173...
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And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years...
Saul; at meetings, as when Aaron kissed Moses; and at parting, as when Orpah kissed her mother-in-law. According to R. Tanhuma, kissing is permitted...
collection. In 1847 he exhibited his first important picture, Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah; in 1849 he sent a portrait of Halil Aga Riskalla, and in 1850, one of the...
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