a Jewish holiday observed on the 18th day of Iyar
Origin of Lag b'Omer
Classical Hebrew (language) lag b‘?mer, 33d (day) of the omer (the count of 49 days from the second day of Passover to the first day of Shabuoth)Lag b'Omer
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Lag b'Omer
or Lag ba'O·mer
noun
A Jewish feast celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer (the 18th day of Iyar).
Origin of Lag b'Omer
Mishnaic Hebrew lag bā-'ōmer lag conventional pronunciation of lg the number 33 when written with the Hebrew letters lamedh (having the numerical value 30) and gimel (having the numerical value 3) bā in the ( bə in ) ( hā the ) 'ōmer the Omer ; see omer .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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