omer
/ˈoʊmɛɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vessel of one omer.
noun
The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
noun
The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
Uncountable
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.
Uncountable
noun
Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "...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."
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew עומר / עֹמֶר ('ómer, “sheaf”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊmɛɹ/
- British English: /ˈəʊmə/