Lexicon
עֹ֫מֶר
o.mer
H6016A
H:N-M Hebrew

sheaf

8
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

o.mer is a harvested bundle, found in field gathering and in the offering brought from the harvest.

The term denotes a harvested bundle in both ordinary field activity and the prescribed handling of the harvest offering: people gather, carry, leave, or glean among such bundles, while a single bundle is brought, waved, and counted in the harvest observance.

Senses in use

  1. Harvested bundle in field work and offering · dominant

    In Ruth 2:7 and Ruth 2:15, the plural form occurs where Ruth asks to gather among the bundles behind the reapers and Boaz permits her to do so. In Deuteronomy 24:19 and Job 24:10, the singular occurs in a harvest field, once left behind and once carried by hungry workers; in Leviticus 23:10, Leviticus 23:11, Leviticus 23:12, and Leviticus 23:15, it is the single harvest bundle brought and waved before the LORD.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with “sheaf” or “sheaves,” in scenes of reaping, carrying, leaving, gleaning, bringing, and waving. These renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than establish separate meanings.

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