noun feminine help, succour, assistance; — absolute ׳ע Isaiah 10:3 +, עֶזְרָת Psalm 60:13; Psalm 108:13 (Ges^{§ 80g}), עֶזְרָ֫תָה Psalm 63:8 2t.; construct עֶזְרַת Isaiah 31:2 +; suffix עֶזְרָתִי Psalm 22:20 +, etc.; —

1 help, succour Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 20:6 (+ לְהִנָּצֵל), Isaiah 31:1; Jeremiah 37:7; Lamentations 4:17; Job 6:13; 2Chronicles 28:21; מֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן ׳ע Isaiah 31:2 help from, etc.; ׳י ׳ע Judges 5:23 (twice in verse) help of (for) ׳י; from ׳י Psalm 22:20; Psalm 38:23; Psalm 40:14 ("" לְהַצִּילֵנִי), Psalm 70:2 ("" id.), Psalm 71:12 + מִצָּ֑ר Psalm 60:13 ("" תְּשׁוּעָה) =Psalm 108:13.

2 concrete, embodied help, one who helps (compare 1 עֵזֶר 2):

a. collective Job 31:21 when I saw my help (assistance, support) in the gate; ׳בֵּע (see I. עֵזֶר 2) Nahum 3:9.

b. of ׳י Psalm 27:9; Psalm 40:18 (+ מְפַלֵּט), Psalm 46:2 ("" מַחֲסֶה, עֹז) Psalm 44:27; Psalm 63:8; Psalm 94:17; ׳בְּע Psalm 35:2.