homeri
- homer (dry measure). A unit of dry measurement in the Hebrew system, equivalent to ten ephahs or baths, used for measuring grain and other dry goods
Example: Ngĩkĩmwĩgũrĩra na icere ikũmi na ithano cia betha, na homeri ĩmwe ya cairi na nuthu ya homeri ya cairi; (HOS 3:2) — so Hosea offers a new bride price to his wife. He returns to her what he has taken away from her (2:5): “fifteen (shekels) of silver”; “a homer of barley,” a unit of dry measurement, which according t