Orpah

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Orpah

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From Hebrew עׇרְפָּה (orpá, “neck”).

proper noun

  1. A Biblical figure, daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion. And they tooke them wiues 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 yeeres.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew.

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@misc{orpah_2026,
  title = {Orpah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orpah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}