III. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above √, but dubious; compare Assyrian amâru, surround, contain, II. R [Exod 36:19] a. b Strm4760, Imêru, a measure ZimBP 6 n) — ׳ח absolute [Isa 5:10] + 5 t. Ezekiel; construct [Hos 3:2] + 3 t.; plural חֳמָרִים[Num 11:32] — ׳ח of barley [Hos 3:2]; [Ezek 45:13], compare שְׂעֹרִים ׳זֶרַע ח [Lev 27:16] i.e. land on which a ׳ח of barley seed was sown (taxed at 50 shekels); ׳ח of wheat [Ezek 45:13] in general ׳זֶרַע ח [Isa 5:10] = 10 ephahs (or baths, see בַּת below בתת) [Ezek 45:11] (3 t. in verse); [Ezek 45:14] (twice in verse) (in v[Ezek 45:14] strike out Co); on actual size of ׳ח, = 393.9 litres, see HultschMetrol. 2nd ed. 448, 452f. See further II. בַּת and references, BenzArch 183 f NowArch. i, 203 f.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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