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title: אָזַר — gird · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָזַר (247), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: gird. BDB 1906: vb. gird, encompass, equip. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָזַר

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«אָזַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gird** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 247 · **BDB:** אָזַר

### Glosses

you (3); gird.up (2); gird.yourselves (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gird [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gird, encompass, equip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gird, encompass, equip (Talm. id., Arabic أَزَّرَ, Aramaic in deriv. LagBN 177 der. from وَزَرَ ). Pf. אָֽזְרוּ 1 S 2:4; Impf. sf. יַאַזְרֵנִי Jb 30:18; 2 ms. תֶּאֱזוֹר Je 1:17; Imv. אֱזָר־נָא Jb 38:3; 40:7; Pt. pass. אָזוּר 2 K 1:8;—gird, gird on, sq. acc. rei loins חֲלָצֶיךָ Jb 38:3; 40:7, מָחְנֶיךָ Je 1:17; pass., with אֵזוֹר, וְאֵזוֹר עוֹר אָזוּר בְּמָתְנָיו 2 K 1:3; cf. act. c. acc. pers. Jb 30:18 כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי, subj. לְבוּשִׁי v. Di; fig. 1 S 2:4 אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל. Pt. נֶאְזָר fig. ψ 65:7 of God (נ׳ בִּגְבוּרָה) girded with might. Impf. 2 ms. sf. וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי ψ 18:40; 30:12; וַתַּזְרִנִי 2 S 22:40 (Ges§ 68 R 2); Pt. sf. הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי ψ 18:33; cstr. מְאַזְּרֵי Is 50:11 but cf. infr.—gird, c. 2 acc. (pers. \& rei) fig., ψ 18:40 = 2 S 22:40 ψ 18:33 (חַיִל); ψ 30:12 (שִׂמְחָה); acc. rei om. Is 45:5; acc. pers. om. מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֹת Is 50:11; but read rather מְאִירֵי cf. 27:11 (𝔖 Kn Brd Di). Pf. הִתְאַזָּ֑ר ψ 93:1; Imv. הִתְאַזְּרוּ Is 8:9(×2)—gird oneself, for war Is 8:9(×2); with עֹז ψ 93:1 (subj. י׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָזַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.4/)

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קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].bow of.warriors \[are\].shattered and \[those.who\].stumble they.gird.on strength

*JPS 1917:* The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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[Psalms 65:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.7/)

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מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].established mountains by strength his \[who\].is.girded with might

*JPS 1917:* Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, who art girded about with might;

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