Omer
See also: omer and Ömer
English
Etymology 1
Variant of omer
Noun
Omer (uncountable)
- (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.
- (Judaism) Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
Etymology 2
Possibly from the Hebrew verb אמר ("to say, to tell"), itself cognate with Arabic أَمَرَ (ʾamara, “to command”).
Proper noun
Omer
- (biblical) A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
Anagrams
- -more, Mero, More, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, more
French
Etymology
Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”) and *mēraz (“fame”). 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
- IPA(key): /ɔ.mɛʁ/
Proper noun
Omer m
- a male given name
Related terms
- female given name: Omère
- male variant: Audomar