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Naomi said to call her Mara because “the Almighty has dealt very bitterly” with her. She described returning empty after going out full. Her explanation is in Ruth 1:20–21.
20She said to them, "Don`t call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
21I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"