עומר
Hebrew
Root |
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ע־מ־ר (ʿ-m-r) |
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: אומר (omer)
Etymology
From Central Semitic, from Proto-Semitic *ḡumr (“sheaf”).
Noun
עומר / עֹמֶר • ('ómer) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]
- (Biblical Hebrew) a sheaf or bundle of grain
- (historical units of measure) An omer, a former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
- (Judaism) the Omer
Synonyms
- (unit of volume): עשרון
Derived terms
- ספירת העומר (s'firát ha'ómer)
Descendants
Proper noun
עומר / עֹמֶר • ('ómer) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]
See also
References
- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online
- Huehnergard, John. "Proto-Semitic Language and Culture; Semitic Roots" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p.
Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew עֹמֶר
Noun
עומר • (oymer) m
Related terms
- ספֿירת העומר (sfiras ha-oymer)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ע־מ־ר
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with homophones
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Biblical Hebrew
- Hebrew terms with historical senses
- he:Judaism
- Hebrew proper nouns
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Judaism