Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [
עָזַר]
82 verb help, succour (Late Hebrew noun
עֶזְרָה help; Phoenician in derivatives and compounds Lzb
338f.; Arabic
excuse, exculpate, also
aid; Aramaic
help, Palmyrene
עדר, rarely
עזר Lzb
338 Cook
89. 90); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix עֲזָרָ֑נִי Psalm 118:13, עֲזָָֽרְךָ 1 Chronicles 12:19; 3plural suffix עֲזָרֻם 1 Chronicles 12:20, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲזָרֿ Isaiah 50:7,9, suffix יַעְזְרֶךָּ Isaiah 44:2; 3masculine plural יַעְזֹ֑רוּ Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 41:6, וַיַּעְזְרוּ 1 Kings 1:7 suffix יַעַזְרֻנִי Psalm 119:175, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix עָזְרֵנִי Psalm 109:26; Psalm 119:86 + Joshua 10:4 Kt, masculine plural suffix עִזְרֻנִי Qr, etc.; Infinitive construct לַעֲזֹר 1 Chronicles 22:17, לַעֲזוֺר 1 Chronicles 18:5, לַעְזֹר Joshua 10:33 5t., לַעְזוֺר2Chronicles 25:8 + 2 Samuel 18:3 Qr (> Kt לַעֲזִיר
Hiph`il); suffix לְעָזְרֵנִי 1 Chronicles 12:17 2t., etc., Participle active עֹזֵר 1 Kings 20:16 +, etc.; passive עָזֻר Isaiah 31:3; — help, with accusative of person 1 Kings 20:16; Joshua 1:14 2Chronicles 28:23 (reading עֹזְרִים Ges§ 53o, for ᵑ0 מַעְזְרִים, apparently
Hiph`il; subject false gods); with accusative of location (city) Joshua 10:33 (D); especially with suffix person Joshua 10:4,6 (+ הוֺשִׁיעַ; both J E), 1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:23 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:17; v.1 Chronicles 12:19; v.1 Chronicles 12:22), 2 Chronicles 32:3; Ezra 8:22 (+ מִן of enemy), Ezra 10:15; Daniel 10:13 (subject Michael); subject often God (׳י), with accusative of person Psalm 10:14; 1 Chronicles 15:26, usually suffix Genesis 49:25 (poem in J), 1 Samuel 7:12; Isaiah 41:10,13,14 12t. + 2 Chronicles 26:7 (with עַל against), Psalm 37:40 (+ מִּלֵּט), Psalm 46:6 (suffix of city), Psalm 109:26 ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ); subject false gods Deuteronomy 32:8; 2Chronicles 28:23; with לְ person 2 Samuel 8:5 + 1 Chronicles 18:5 4t. + 2 Samuel 18:3 (read Qr לַעֲזוֺר, or לְעֹזֵר ? compare HPS); subject ׳י Isaiah 50:7,9; with עִם person 1 Chronicles 12:22 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:21; + עַל against); with אַחֲרֵי person (construction praegn.) 1 Kings 1:7; with בְּ person against whom 2 Chronicles 20:23 (+ infinitive); with בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְ, of ׳י, 2 Chron 14:10; absolute Isaiah 30:7; 2Chronicles 26:13 (+ עַל against), 2 Chronicles 28:16; לְרָעָה ׳ע Zechariah 1:15 they helped, with evil result; ׳י subject, 2 Chronicles 25:8 (opposed to הַכְשִׁיל); also participle with suffix Ezekiel 30:8 3t.; with לְ person 2 Kings 14:26 5t., of ׳י Psalm 30:11; Psalm 54:6; absolute Isaiah 31:3; Isaiah 63:5; Jeremiah 47:4; Psalm 22:12; Psalm 107:12; construct עֹזְרֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 Chronicles 12:1, עֹזְרֵי רָ֑הַב Job 9:13 (see רַהַב); Participle passive absolute as substantive he who is helped Isaiah 31:3.
Niph`al Perfect וְנֶעֱזָרְ֑תִּי Psalm 28:7 I am helped (that is, by ׳י); Imperfect3masculine plural וַיֵּעָֽזְרוּ 1 Chronicles 5:20 (that is, id.; + עַל against, with noun cognate יֵעָֽזְרוּ עֵזֶר מְעָט Daniel 11:34; Infinitive construct הִפְלִיא לְהֵעָזֵר2Chronicles 26:15 he was wonderfully helped (literally made wonderful to be helped).
Hiph`il dubious: Infinitive construct 2 Samuel 18:3 Kt, Participle plural מַעְזְרִים2Chronicles 28:23, see
Qal.