Omer

Variant of omer

Omer (uncountable)

1. (Judaism, usually with 'the') The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Pentecost, 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.

2. (Judaism) Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

• -more, Mero, More, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, more

From Proto-Germanic Odomar, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”) and Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (“famous”).

Cognates of ōd include: the first part of given names like Otto, Edward, Edmund etc. See also Old English ēad. Cognates of mǣr/mār include: the second part of given names like Sigmar, Dietmar, Ingemar etc. See Old English mǣre.

Cognates of Omer include: Czech and German Otmar.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.mɛʁ/

Omer

1. A male given name.

• female given name: Omère
• male variant: Audomar