omer [Hebrew, omer in Hebrew characters]

An ancient Hebrew unit of dry capacity, = 1/10 ephrah, about 2.2 liters (4 U.S. dry pints).

It occurs in the Bible (Exodus 16:16, 18, 22, 32, 33, 36) and is defined in Exodus 16:36.

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