BDB2892 [H2563]

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 חֳמָרִיםNum 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 vEzek 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.


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