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A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
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Usage: historical
Topics: units-of-measure
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Synonyms: issaron
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noun
A vessel of one omer.
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noun
The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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noun
The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, uncountable, usually
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noun
Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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History
Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר (“to say, to tell”), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
From Biblical Hebrew עומר / עֹמֶר ('ómer, “sheaf”).
Ellipsis of Sefirat Ha'Omer.
Variant of omer
