omer

An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to a tenth of an ephah, about 3.5 liters (3.7 quarts).

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.

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.

A handful of grain: a sheaf.

A Hebrew dry measure equal to the tenth part of an ephah, or 3½ quarts.

A handful of grain; a sheaf.

A Hebrew dry measure equal to the tenth part of an ephah.

A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See ephah.

A dry measure of ancient Israel, one tenth of an ephah.