עֵ֫זֶר

1. help, succour Isa 30:5 (|| הוֺעִיל, opposed to בּשֶׁת, חֶרְפָּה), Dan 11:34 from ׳י Ps 20:3; Ps 121:1; Ps 121:2; Ps 124:8 in Ps 89:20 read נֵזֶר for ׳ע Dy Gr Kau (עֹז Bi Che), compare Hup; מָגֵן עֶזְר֑ךָ Deut 33:29 (= ׳י).

2. concrete = one who helps (compare 1. עֶזְרָה 2) ׳בְּע (בְּ essent., see ב 1 7 b, Ges^{«GKC:119h»§ 119 h, i}) Gen 2:18; Gen 2:20 (J) + Hos 13:9 (read ׳מִי בְע Che We Gu^Kau Now); collective (without בְּ Ezek 12:14 (si vera lectio; Co עֹזְרָיו); especially of ׳מִצָּרָיו י ׳ע Deut 33:7 (poem), ׳ע + מָגֵן Ps 33:20; Ps 115:9; Ps 115:10; Ps 115:11, + מְפַלֵּט Ps 70:6 ׳בְּע (see above) Exod 18:4 (E), Deut 33:26 (poem), Ps 146:4.