A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah.
(sheaf of grain) the sheaf of barley offered in the Temple as a wave offering on the second day of Passover, the day that marks the beginning of seven weeks of counting; the fifty days counted from that day until Shavuot.
(OH-mer) n. Omer (measure of grain). A dry measure spoken of in Torah of the barley that was brought as an offering on the second day of Pesach -- Nisan 16 -- after which then the grain of the new harvest was permitted to be eaten. The 49 day period of counting from the time of this offering until the Festival of Shavuot, the 50th day, is called counting the Omer (these days are counted on an omer calendar).
A sacrifice brought on the Sunday during Hag HaMatzot, consisting of the first harvested sheaves of the new barley harvest. These sheaves are waved before the altar and the Torah calls them "Omer Ha-Tenufah" ( The Sheaf of Waving, also translated as Wavesheaf). See also Counting of the Omer.
literally a sheaf of wheat; the Counting of the Omer refers to the 50-day period between Passover and Shavuot
A measure of barley. See The Counting of the Omer.
a unit of dry measure, rather than a stalk of grain
a Biblical dry measure; an offering of barley of this measure brought on the day following the first day of Passover; this day and the subsequent forty-eight days are counted in preparation for the holiday of Shavuos
A unit of dry measure. Also a sheaf of grain. See also "Counting of the Omer."
(lit., a certain measure of grain): the period of 49 days counted (Sefiras HaOmer) from the second day of *Pesach to the eve of *Shavuos (Lev. 23:15-16; Siddur, p. 340)
Means 'sheaf' and used a unit of measure in Scripture.
A count of 49 days, beginning on the second day of Passover; see Ch. 37.
A unit of measure. See The Counting of the Omer.
Omer is an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities. (The omer was equal to 0.1 ephah; this is believed to equal approx. 43 oz. 4.032 liters, 246.05 cubic inches, 0.9154 U.S.dry gallon, or 0.8869 British imperial gallon).
