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Omer (unit)
The ''omer'' ( he, עֹ֫מֶר ''‘ōmer'') is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem. Omer is known also as isaron .It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities ...
, an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem
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Counting of the Omer
Counting of the Omer (, Sefirat HaOmer, sometimes abbreviated as Sefira or the Omer) is an important verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days starting with the Wave Offering of a sheaf of ripe grain with a sacrifice immediately following ...
(''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar
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Omer (Book of Mormon) According to the Book of Mormon, the Jaredites () are a people who lived in ancient America shortly after the confounding of the languages at the Tower of Babel and are written of principally in the Book of Ether (). The Lineage of the Ether is wri ...
, a Jaredite king
People
* A variant spelling of the given name
Omar
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...
(includes a list of Omers)
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Mordechai Omer
Mordechai Omer ( he, מרדכי עומר; April 1941 - 10 June 2011) was an Israeli art historian and museum administrator who served as Director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Born in Haifa, he was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ( ...
(1940–2011), Israeli art historian and museum administrator
Places
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Omer, Israel
Omer ( he, עֹמֶר, ''lit.'' sheaf) is an affluent town in the Southern District of Israel, bordering Beersheba. It is located on Highway 60, between Beersheba and the Shoket Junction. In it had a population of .
History
Omer, originally ...
, a town near Beersheba
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Omer, Michigan
Omer is a city in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 274 at the 2020 census, which ranks it as the least-populated city in the state.
Omer is consistently ranked as "Michigan's Smallest City" in terms of population ...
, United States, the smallest city in Michigan
Other uses
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''Omer'' (submarine), the fastest human-powered submarine at the International Submarine Races
See also
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Saint Omer (disambiguation) Saint Omer or St Omer most commonly refers to:
* St Omer, the common name of Saint Audomare (died c. 670)
Saint Omer may also refer to:
People
* Godfrey de Saint-Omer (12th century), one of the 12th century founders of the Knights Templar
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OMERS
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created in 1962 by Ontario provinc ...
(Ontario Municipal Employees Pension Scheme)
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Omar (disambiguation)
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