חֹ֫מֶר
cho.mer (H2563C)
homer
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "cho.mer" (H2563C) appears 13 times in the Bible, and its short definition is "homer". This suggests that "cho.mer" refers to a unit of measurement. The existence of a single, widely attested definition indicates that this is a common term with a well-established meaning. Given its definition as a "homer", it is likely that "cho.mer" was used to measure quantities such as grain, grain products, or other dry goods. The use of this term in commerce and trade underscores its practical significance in everyday life. The repeated occurrence of "cho.mer" across the scripture indicates its ongoing relevance in the culture and economy of the people. As a measuring unit, it had a tangible impact on their daily activities, influencing the way they bought, sold, and exchanged goods.
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“ ‘If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. The sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
The people rose up all that day, and all of that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp.
It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer.
“ ‘ “This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, one tenth of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; (for ten baths are a homer;)
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.