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omer
UK /ˈəʊmə/ US /ˈoʊmɛɹ/
noun 6name 1
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2VERB + OMER
counting, returned
OMER + NOUN
corn, haomer, sefiras
Definitions
noun
1
A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
...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.
2
A vessel of one omer.
3
The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
noun
1
The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
noun
1
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.
The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.
2
Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
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...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.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.
Wiktionary04
While Emel returned home, Omer ate corn.
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