Omer.
The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Shavuot, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.
Meaning & usage
The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Shavuot, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.
The counting of the Omer—the Sefiras HaOmer—is a mitzvah.
Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Where this word comes from
Variant of omer
A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר (“to say, to tell”), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
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