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Sefirat Ha'Omer

Sefirat Ha'Omer noun: the counting of the Omer; the ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.

Noun

Sefirat Ha'Omer (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) The counting of the Omer; the ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
    • The forty-nine words in the psalm also correspond to the seven days of Sefirat Ha'omer and the seven verses in the psalm correspond to the seven weeks one counts the Omer.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 208
    Synonyms:
    counting of the Omer, sefiras haomer, sefirah, sefira, omer

Synonyms of Sefirat Ha'Omer

Origin of Sefirat Ha'Omer

Transliteration of Hebrew סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר

Questions about Sefirat Ha'Omer

What does Sefirat Ha'Omer mean?
Sefirat Ha'Omer means the counting of the Omer; the ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
What part of speech is Sefirat Ha'Omer?
Sefirat Ha'Omer is a noun.

Words near Sefirat Ha'Omer in the dictionary

  1. SEFF
  2. Seffner
  3. SEFFs
  4. sefira
  5. sefirah
  6. Sefirat Ha'Omer
  7. sefiric
  8. sefirot
  9. sefiroth
  10. sefirothic
  11. seftalia

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