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The omer, which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah, [30] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs. [31] In dry weight, the omer weighed between 1.560 kg to 1.770 kg, being the quantity of flour required to separate therefrom the dough offering. [32]
Omer (unit) Sheaves of wheat: one sheaf is approximately one omer in dry volume. The omer (Hebrew: עֹ֫מֶר ‘ōmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem and also known as an isaron. [1] It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah ...
Orobus lens(L.) Stokes (1812) The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens -shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. Lentils are used around the world for culinary purposes.
Dried textured vegetable protein is 7% water, 52% protein, 34% carbohydrates, and 1% fat (table). [12] In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ounce) reference amount, it provides 1,370 kilojoules (327 kilocalories) of food energy , and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of several B vitamins , including folate (76% DV), and dietary ...
English-speaking countries also used a system of units of fluid measure, or in modern terminology volume units, based on the apothecaries' system. Originally, the terms and symbols used to describe the volume measurements of liquids were the same as or similar to those used to describe weight measurements of solids [33] (for example, the pound by weight and the fluid pint were both referred to ...
In US customary units, most units of volume exist both in a dry and a liquid version, with the same name, but different values: the dry hogshead, dry barrel, dry gallon, dry quart, dry pint, etc. The bushel and the peck are only used for dry goods. Imperial units of volume are the same for both dry and liquid goods. They have a different value ...
The apothecaries and troy pounds are divided into 12 ounces (of 480 grains) while the avoirdupois pound has 16 ounces (of 437.5 grains). The unit of volume, the gallon, has different values in the United States and in the United Kingdom – the US fluid gallon being about 0.83 imperial gallons and the US dry gallon being about 0.97 imperial ...
English name Equal to Metric equivalent Imperial equivalent Description uncia Roman ounce 1 ⁄ 12 libra 27.4 g 0.967 oz lit. "a twelfth" [20] sescuncia or sescunx 1 ⁄ 8 libra 41.1 g 1.45 oz lit. "one and one-half twelfths" sextans 1 ⁄ 6 libra 54.8 g 1.93 oz lit. "a sixth" quadrans teruncius 1 ⁄ 4 libra 82.2 g 2.90 oz lit. "a fourth"