no.o.mi is the personal name used for the woman identified as Elimelech’s wife, Ruth’s mother-in-law, and a returning resident of Bethlehem.

The term is consistently a proper personal name for the woman introduced as Elimelech’s wife, who speaks with her daughters-in-law, returns to Bethlehem with Ruth, and is named in the family and property matters that follow.

1. Personal name identifying the woman in Ruth · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout and identifies the same woman in several settings: in Ruth 1:2 the APB renders her as Elimelech’s wife, in Ruth 1:22 it renders her return with Ruth to Bethlehem, and in Ruth 4:16 it renders her taking the child into her embrace. In Ruth 1:20 the woman herself asks others not to call her by this name but to call her Mara, showing the name’s use in direct self-reference and public address.

   Ruth 1:2Ruth 1:20Ruth 1:22Ruth 2:2Ruth 4:16Ruth 4:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as “Naomi” in narration, direct address, possession, and reported speech. Its name-form rendering confirms the personal reference without supplying a separate lexical definition.