H6016b H6016b
Omer — a dry measure equal to one-tenth of an ephah, used exclusively in the manna narrative of Exodus 16.
A unit of dry measure appearing only in the manna account of Exodus 16, where it serves as the daily ration God prescribed for each person. The omer equals one-tenth of an ephah (Exod 16:36), roughly 2.3 liters. Each Israelite gathered an omer per head (v. 16), and remarkably, whether they gathered much or little, when measured it came to exactly one omer (v. 18). An omer of manna was also preserved in a jar before the Testimony as a memorial for future generations (vv. 32–33). The Septuagint transliterates it as gomor, and modern translations across languages — Spanish 'omer,' French 'omer,' German 'Omer' — retain the Hebrew term as a technical unit.
Senses
1. the omer — A dry-capacity measure equaling one-tenth of an ephah (approximately 2.3 liters), used exclusively in the Exodus 16 manna narrative. It functions both as the prescribed daily per-capita gathering amount (Exod 16:16, 18, 22) and as the quantity preserved in a memorial jar before the ark (Exod 16:32–33). The multilingual evidence uniformly transliterates rather than translates the term, confirming its status as a fixed technical unit of measurement. 6×
AR["الْعُمَرِ", "بِ-الْعُمَرِ", "عُمَرًا", "لِلْعُمَرِ", "وَ-الْعُمَرُ"]·ben["এবং-ওমর", "ওমর", "ওমরে"]·DE["der-omer", "durch-der-omer", "omer", "und-der-omer"]·EN["and-the-omer", "by-the-omer", "omer", "the-omer"]·FR["et-le-omer", "le-omer", "omer", "par-le-omer"]·heb["ב-עומר", "ה-עומר", "ו-ה-עומר", "עומר"]·HI["ओमेर", "और-ओमेर", "से-ओमेर"]·ID["Dan-gomer", "dengan-gomer", "gomer", "satu-gomer"]·IT["da-il-omer", "e-il-omer", "il-omer", "omer"]·jav["Lan-omer", "kanthi-omer", "omer"]·KO["그-오멜", "그-오멜의", "그리고-그-오멜은", "오멜", "오멜-로"]·PT["E-o-'omer", "com-o-'omer,", "o-'omer", "um-'omer"]·RU["И-омер", "омер", "омера", "омером"]·ES["Y-el-omer", "con-el-omer", "el-omer", "omer"]·SW["kwa-omeri", "na-omeri", "omeri"]·TR["Ve-omer", "omer", "omerle"]·urd["اور-عُمر", "عُمر", "عُمر-سے"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֹ֫מֶר 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.