The other Moabite daughter-in-law of NAOMI, widow of Chilion. Urged by Naomi to return home, Orpah kisses her mother-in-law and goes back 'to her people and to her gods' (1:15) — set beside RUTH, who clings and stays. ⚠️ The narrator does not blame her: hers is the reasonable choice, and the book uses it to measure the extravagance of Ruth's. Her name is traditionally linked to oref, 'the back of the neck' — the one who turns her back — though the etymology is uncertain.