A ''homer'' ( he, חמר ''ḥămōr'', plural חמרם ''ḥomārim''; also ''kōr'') is a biblical unit of volume used for liquids and dry goods. One ''homer'' is equal to 10 '' baths'', or what was also equivalent to 30 '' seahs''; each ''seah'' being the equivalent in volume to six ''kabs'', and each ''kab'' equivalent in volume to 24 medium-sized eggs. One ''homer'' equals 220

litre The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3). ...

or 220 dm³.

Lawrence Boadt Lawrence Edward Boadt, C.S.P. (October 26, 1942 – July 24, 2010), was an American Paulist priest and Biblical scholar, who advocated on behalf of improved communication and understanding between Christians and Jews. Life Boadt was born in L ...

notes the word ''homer'' comes from the Hebrew for an "ass." "It is one ass-load."The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Brown, Fitzmyer, and Murphy, Printice Hall, 1990 ISMN 0-12-614934, p. 327 The ''homer'' should not be confused with the ''

omer Omer may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem * The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar * Omer (Book of Mormon), a Jaredite ...

'', which is a much smaller unit of dry measure.

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