omer

== 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) (historical units of measure) A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. 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. Synonym: issaron Meronyms: ephah, epha (“10 omers”), lethek, lethech (“50 omers”), homer, chomer, cor, kor (“100 omers”) A vessel of one omer. (Judaism) The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover. ===== Usage notes ===== In English, sometimes confused with the much larger homer. ===== Alternative forms ===== (small unit of volume): gomer (archaic) (sheaf of barley): Omer === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of Sefirat Ha'Omer. ==== Noun ==== omer (uncountable) (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, More, Rome, Moré, Mero, mero, erom, Orme, moer, mero-, more, Orem == 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 dead === Verb === omer 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