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title: עֵזֶר — Ezer. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵזֶר (5829), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ezer. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Ezer. Compare** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5829 · **BDB:** עֵ֫זֶר²

### Glosses

Ezer (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ezer. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5829/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5829/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Ph. and OHeb. עזר Lzb338);— a wall-builder Ne 3:19, Αζουρ. name in Judah 1 Ch 4:4, Αζηρ, Εζερ. hero of David 1 Ch 12:10 (van d. H. v 9), Αζερ, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1506/5829/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.10/)

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עֵ֖זֶר הָרֹ֑אשׁ עֹבַדְיָה֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י אֱלִיאָ֖ב הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* Ezer \[was\].the chief Obadiah \[was\].the second Eliab \[was\].the third

*JPS 1917:* Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third;

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[1 Chronicles 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.4/)

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וּפְנוּאֵל֙ אֲבִ֣י גְדֹ֔ר וְעֵ֖זֶר אֲבִ֣י חוּשָׁ֑ה אֵ֤לֶּה בְנֵי־חוּר֙ בְּכ֣וֹר אֶפְרָ֔תָה אֲבִ֖י בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and Penuel \[was\].the.father of.Gedor and Ezer \[was\].the.father of.Hushah these \[were\].the.descendants of.Hur the.firstborn of.Ephrath the.father of Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath, the father of Beth-lehem.

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