单词 | omer |
释义 | o·mer (ōmər, ōmĕr) n. Judaism 1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to a tenth of an ephah, about 3.5 liters (3.7 quarts). 2. a. An offering of a sheaf or an omer of the first harvest of barley to a priest in the Temple on the second day of Passover. b. Omer A 49-day liturgical season, originally a harvest festival, from the second day of Passover to the first day of Shavuot, during which marriages are prohibited and signs of mourning are observed. [Hebrew 'ōmer; see ġmr in the Appendix of Semitic roots. Sense 2b, from the offering of a sheaf of barley on the second day of Passover.] |
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