Orpah

From Bible Exegesis

ôr´pa (ערפּה, ‛orpāh, "forelock" or "fawn"; for meaning see below):

A Moabitess, wife of Chilion, son of Elimelech and Naomi. On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her mother-in-law, part of the way to Bethlehem, and then returned to Moab. Unlike her sister Ruth she returned to her own people after escorting Naomi on her way to Judah (Ruth 1:4; Ruth 4:10 ff). Her name is supposed to be derived from the Hebrew word for “neck” (ערף, ‛ōreph), and so to mean “stiff-necked” because of her turning-back from following her mother-in-law; others take it to mean “gazelle.”