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• Hebrew: ʿōmer (עֹ֫מֶר) — a dry measure (one-tenth of an ephah); also sheaf

  • Some approximate this to be two quarts or two liters

• Greek: (Old Testament passage — no direct equivalent word; Septuagint uses γομόρ (gomor) for the measure)

Related words

• ʿāmār (עָמַר) — to bind sheaves, to heap up
• ʿōmer (עֹמֶר) — sheaf (in harvest contexts, e.g. Deuteronomy 24:19)
• ʾēphāh (אֵיפָה) — ephah (the larger measure of which the omer is one-tenth, Exodus 16:36)

Additional Info

• Exodus 16:16, 18, 22, 32-36 (the daily gathering of manna was one omer per person; an omer of manna was kept as a memorial)
• Exodus 16:36 — “Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.”

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