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title: עֵזֶר — help · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵזֶר (5828), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: help. BDB 1906: n.m. help, succour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵזֶר

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«עֵזֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **help** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5828 · **BDB:** עֵ֫זֶר

### Glosses

help (15); a.helper (2); a.help (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

help [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5828/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. help, succour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5828/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 121:1 help, succour;—ע׳ abs. Gn 2:18 +, sf. עֶזְרִי Ex 18:4, עֶזְרֹה Ez 12:14, etc.;— help, succour Is 30:5 (‖ הוֹעִיל, opp. בּשֶׁת, חֶרְפָּה), Dn 11:34; from י׳ ψ 20:3; 121:1, 2; 124:8; in 89:20 read; נֵזֶר for ע׳ Dy Gr Kau (עֹז Bi Che), cf. Hup; מָגֵן עֶזְר֑ךָ Dt 33:29) = י׳). concr. = one who helps (cf. i. עֶזְרָה 2) בְּע׳ (בְּ essent., v. ב I 7 b, Ges§ 119 h, i) Gn 2:18, 20 (J) + Ho 13:9 (read מִי בְע׳ Che We GuKau Now); coll. (without בְּ) Ez 12:14 (si vera l.; Co עֹזְרָיו); especially of י׳ ע׳ מִצָּרָיו Dt 33:7 (poem), ע׳ + מָגֵן ψ 33:20; 115:9, 10, 11, + מְפַלֵּט 70:6; בְּע׳ (v. supr.) Ex 18:4 (E), Dt 33:26 (poem), ψ 146:4. אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר v. אֶבֶן (9).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵזֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5828/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 121:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.121.2/)

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עֶ֭זְרִי מֵעִ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* help my \[is\].from with Yahweh \[who\].made (of).heaven and earth

*JPS 1917:* My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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[Psalms 124:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.124.8/)

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עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* help our \[is\].in the.name of.Yahweh \[who\].made (of).heaven and earth

*JPS 1917:* Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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