Meaning of ruth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
4. Repentance; regret; remorse
5. The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
6. Repentance; regret; remorse.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. Sorrow; misery; distress
8. A female given name from Hebrew.
9. Sorrow; misery; distress.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight
11. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
12. Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

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Examples

“It was my fortune to be at Rome, upon a day that one Catena, a notorious high-way theefe, was executed: at his strangling no man of the companie seemed to be mooved to any ruth[…].”

“[…]under her light⟳ eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth[…].”

“2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates Scum they are! —Foe of mankind! Clear the sea! —Show⟳ no ruth!”

“1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61, Now to your grave shall friend and stranger With ruth and some with envy come⟳ […].”

“~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall⟳ of Arthur He mourned too late In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.”

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave⟳ thee, or return⟳ from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”

“Her face⟳ hardened. "I despise pity." "In spite of your name⟳? Ruth is your name⟳, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."”

“He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name⟳: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.”

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