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title: עֶזְרָה — help · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶזְרָה (5833), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: help. BDB 1906: n.f. help, succour, assistance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶזְרָה

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«עֶזְרָה» 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 5833 · **BDB:** עֶזְרָה

### Glosses

help (21); the.help (2); \[the\].help (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

help [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5833/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. help, succour, assistance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5833/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. help, succour, assistance;—abs. ע׳ Is 10:3 +, עֶזְרָת ψ 60:13; 108:13 (Ges§ 80 g), עֶזְרָ֫תָה ψ 63:8 + 2 times; cstr. עֶזְרַת Is 31:2 +; sf. עֶזְרָתִי ψ 22:20 +, etc.;— help, succour Is 10:3; 20:6 (+ לְהִנָּצֵל), 31:1; Je 37:7;La 4:17; Jb 6:13; 2 Ch 28:21; ע׳ פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן Is 31:2 help from, etc.; ע׳ י׳ Ju 5:23(×2) help of (for) י׳; from י׳ ψ 22:20, 38:23; 40:14 (‖ לְהַצִּילֵנִי), 70:2 (‖ id.), 71:12, + מִצָּ֑ר 60:13 (‖ תְּשׁוּעָה) = 108:13. concr., embodied help, one who helps (cf. i. עֵזֶר 2): coll. Jb 31:21 when I saw my help (assistance, support) in the gate; בְּע׳ (v. i. עֵזֶר 2) Na 3:9. of י׳ ψ 27:9; 40:18 (+ מְפַלֵּט), 46:2 (‖ מַחֲסֶה, עֹז), 44:27; 63:8; 94:17; בְּע׳ 35:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶזְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5833/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.23/)

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ח֥וּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* make haste to help my Lord my salvation my

*JPS 1917:* Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.

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[Psalms 35:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.2/)

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הַחֲזֵ֣ק מָגֵ֣ן וְצִנָּ֑ה וְ֝ק֗וּמָה בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* take.hold.of shield and body.shield and arise (in) help my

*JPS 1917:* Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.

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