Ruth 1:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

See the margin. Similar allusions to the meaning of names are seen in Genesis 27:36; Jeremiah 20:3.

The Almighty - שׁדי shadday (see the Genesis 17:1 note). The name “Almighty” is almost unique to the Pentateuch and to the Book of Job. It occurs twice in the Psalms, and four times in the Prophets.

Ruth 1:20

20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi,d call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.