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title: עֹמֶר — omer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹמֶר (lemma:עֹמֶר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: omer. BDB 1906: n.m. omer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹמֶר

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«עֹמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **omer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:עֹמֶר · **BDB:** עֹ֫מֶר²

### Glosses

omer (2); the.omer (2); an.omer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

omer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5de_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. omer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5de_5b6_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 16:22 omer (cf. Arabic غُمَرٌ small drinking cup or bowl; relation to i. ע׳ obscure);—a measure, only Ex 16;—the measure itself v 18, 32, 33; amount measured v 16, 22; = 1/10 ephah v 36; 𝔊 γόμορ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b9_5de_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 16:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.36/)

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וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא׃פ

*Word for word:* and the omer \[is\].the.tenth.\[part\] of the.ephah it

*JPS 1917:* Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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[Exodus 16:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.18/)

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וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ בָעֹ֔מֶר וְלֹ֤א הֶעְדִּיף֙ הַמַּרְבֶּ֔ה וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יט לֹ֣א הֶחְסִ֑יר אִ֥ישׁ לְפִֽי־אָכְל֖וֹ לָקָֽטוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.measured.\[it\] by the omer and not he.had.a.surplus the.\[one who\].made.much and the.\[one who\].made.little not he.had.a.lack everyone to the.mouth his.food his they.had.gathered

*JPS 1917:* And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

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