H3270H

יַעְזֵר

ya.a.zerN:N--L

(Sea of) Jazer

§ Jazer or Jaazer = "helped" a Levitical city east of the Jordan, in Gilead in the territory of Gad, formerly an Amorite city; site uncertain

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יַּעְזֵר and (1Chr 6:66; 1Chr 26:31) יַעְזֵיר proper name, of a location Ιαζηρ, east of Jordan (Qal Imperfect in ִ֯ according to Ba^NB104); — often + Heshbon and other important towns, Num 21:31 + vNum 21:24 (see עַז) Num 32:1 (׳אֶרֶץ יַע), vNum 32:3 vNum 32:35 (all J E), 2Sam 24:5; Josh 13:25 (P), Josh 21:39 (Ginsb, vJosh 21:37 van d. H. Baer; P); with vineyards Isa 16:8; Isa 16:9 = Jer 48:32 (twice in verse) (where strike out יָם before ׳יַע ᵐ5 Hi Gf Gie Rothst). Site dubious, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 264}.

1 occurrence

Jeremiah 48:32