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(Heb. id. òֹîֶø , prop. a sheaf, as in Lev_23:10, etc., from òָîִø , to bind or gather; Sept. ãïìüñ ; Vulg. gonzer), a Hebrew dry measure (Exo_16:16; Exo_16:18; Exo_16:22; Exo_16:32-33), the tenth of an ephah (Exo_16:36); therefore about two quarts according to the rabbins, but three and a half quarts according to Josephus. SEE METROLOGY.