Omer
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English
Etymology 1
Variant of omer
Noun
Omer (uncountable)
- (Judaism, usually with 'the') 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.
- (Judaism) Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר (“to say, to tell”), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
Proper noun
Omer
- (biblical) A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) and *mēraz (“famous”). Cognates include Czech and German Otmar.
Cognates of *ōd- from *audaz include the first part of the given names Otto, Edward and Edmund. See also Old English ēad. Cognates of *-mǣr-/*-mār- from *mērijaz include: the second part of given names like Sigmar, Dietmar, Ingemar, etc. See Old English mǣre.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Omer m
- a male given name