Meaning of omer | Babel Free
ˈəʊməDefinitions
- The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Shavuot, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.
- A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
- A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
- The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
- A vessel of one omer.
- The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Equivalents
Examples
“...that Omer which was every mans daily portion of Manna, is computed to have⟳ bin more then might have⟳ well suffic'd the heartiest feeder thrice as many meals.”
“And it came to pass⟳, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.”
“The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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