- a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- the period of 49 days extending from the second day of Passover to the first day of Shavuoth.
- an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to one tenth of an ephah
- a period of seven weeks extending from the second day of Passover to the first day of Shavuoth, and observed as a period of semimourning
