omer

See also: Omer and Ömer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊmɛɹ/, /ˈoʊməɹ/
• Rhymes: -əʊmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew עומר / עֹמֶר ('ómer, “sheaf”).

Noun

omer (plural omers)

1. (historical units of measure) A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

     ...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.

   • 1769, Bible (KJV), Exodus XVI:

     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. (Judaism) The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

Usage notes

In English, sometimes confounded with the much larger homer.

Alternative forms

• (small unit of volume): gomer (archaic)
• (sheaf of barley): Omer

Synonyms

• (unit of volume): issaron

Meronyms

• (unit of volume): ephah, epha (10 omers); lethek, lethech (50 omers); homer, chomer, cor, kor (100 omers)

Etymology 2

Short for Sefirat Ha'Omer.

Noun

omer (uncountable)

1. (Judaism) The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.

References

• "omer, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• "H6016: `omer" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• -more, Mero, More, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, more

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Russian умер (umer, “died”)

Pronunciation

Uncertain. Pronunciation examples may be following:

• IPA^(key): /²uːmær/, /ˈuːmer/ (Norwegian accent)
• IPA^(key): /ˈumʲɪr/ (Russian accent)

Adjective

omer

1. dead

Verb

omer

1. to die, died

   Synonym: paa Kristos reisa

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag