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- Hebrew · borrowed fromעשרון“tenth”
- English todayissaron
From Hebrew עשרון ('isarón, “tenth”), from its value as ¹⁄₁₀ of an ephah.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
issaron
Today it means: Synonym of omer: a Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. Full definition →
Hebrew עשרון