1. Sheaf (bundle of harvested grain) — The noun עֹמֶר meaning 'sheaf' -- a bound bundle of cut grain stalks, distinct from the homograph עֹמֶר II (a dry measure). All three clusters represent the same agricultural referent in singular, construct, and plural forms. Multilingual evidence: English 'sheaf/sheaves,' Spanish 'gavilla(s)/omer' ('sheaf/sheaves'), Hindi पूला/पूलों ('sheaf/sheaves'), Arabic حُزْمَة/حُزَم ('bundle/bundles'), Korean 단/단들 ('sheaf/sheaves'), Swahili mganda/miganda ('sheaf/sheaves'). Appears in the wave-sheaf offering (Lev 23:10-15), Ruth's gleaning narrative (Ruth 2:7,15), and Job's metaphor of gathering sheaves (Job 24:10). The grammatical variation across clusters (articular singular, bare singular, articular/prepositional plural) does not warrant separate senses. 8×
AR["الْحُزَمِ","الْحُزْمَةَ","بَيْنَ-الْحُزَمِ","حُزْمَةً","حُزْمَةِ"]·ben["আঁটি","আঁটির-মধ্যে","সেই-আঁটিগুলির"]·DE["Garbe","Garbe-von","[בעמרים]","[העמרים]","[עמר]","der-Garbe","ein-Garbe-von"]·EN["a-sheaf-of","among-the-sheaves","sheaf","sheaf-of","the-sheaf","the-sheaves"]·FR["gerbe-de","le-gerbes","le-sheaf","parmi-le-gerbes","sheaf","une-gerbe-de","עמר"]·heb["ב-עמרים","ה-עמר","ה-עמרים","עומר","עמר"]·HI["पूला","पूले","पूलों","पूलों-में"]·ID["berkas","berkas-berkas","berkas-itu","di-antara-berkas-berkas"]·IT["covone","covone-di","fra-il-sheaves","il-covone","il-sheaves","sheaf","un-covone-di"]·jav["benik","benik-punika","gandum","gedhengan","ing-berkas","kang-berkas"]·KO["곡식-단을","그-단","그-단들에서","단-의","단을","에서-단들"]·PT["entre-os-feixes","feixe","feixe.","molho-de","o-molho","os-feixes"]·RU["сноп","снопа","снопами","среди-снопов"]·ES["entre-las-gavillas","gavilla","gavillas.","las-gavillas","omer","omer-de"]·SW["kati-ya-miganda","mganda","miganda"]·TR["-demet-arasında","-demetlerin","demet","demet-","demeti","demetleri"]·urd["-پولی","پولا","پولوں-میں","پولوں-کے","پولی","پولے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. עֹ֫מֶר n.m. Lv 23:11 sheaf (swath, row of fallen grain, WetzstZ.f. Ethnol. 1873, 273 (Syriac Dreschtafel), ag. him VogelsteinLandwirthschaftinPal. 61 who trans. heap of sheaves);—ע׳ abs. Dt 24:19; Lv 23:11, 12, 15, cstr. v 10; fig. of food (abs.) Jb 24:10; pl. עֳמָרִים lit. Ru 2:7, 15.