רוּת, (b. h.) pr. n. f. Ruth, the Moabite. B. Bath. 14ᵇ; Ber. 7ᵇ, v. רָוָה. Ruth R. to I, 4 ר̇ות̇ שר̇את̇ה וכ׳ she was named Ruth, because she looked at (approved of) the words of her mother in law; Tanḥ. B’har 3; a. fr.—ר׳ (ספר) the Book of Ruth. B. Bath. l. c. שמואל … ור׳ Samuel wrote his own book, and the Books of Judges and Ruth; a. e.