Lexical Summary azar: to help, succor Original Word: עָזַרTransliteration: azar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-zar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to help, succor Meaning: to surround, protect, aid Strong's Concordance help, succour A primitive root; to surround, i.e. Protect or aid -- help, succour. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5826. azar I. [עָזַר]82 verb help, succour (Late Hebrew noun עֶזְרָה help; Phoenician in derivatives and compounds Lzb338f.; Arabic excuse, exculpate, also aid; Aramaic help, Palmyrene עדר, rarely עזר Lzb338 Cook89. 90); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix עֲזָרָ֑נִי Psalm 118:13, עֲזָָֽרְךָ 1 Chronicles 12:19; 3plural suffix עֲזָרֻם 12:20, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲזָרֿ Isaiah 50:7, 9, suffix יַעְזְרֶךָּ 44:2-3;masculine plural יַעְזֹ֑רוּ 30:7; 41:6, וַיַּעְזְרוּ 1 Kings 1:7 suffix יַעַזְרֻנִי Psalm 119:175, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix עָזְרֵנִי 109:26; 119:86 + Joshua 10:4 Kt, masculine plural suffix עִזְרֻנִי Qr, etc.; Infinitive construct לַעֲזֹר 1 Chronicles 22:17, לַעֲזוֺר 18:5, לַעְזֹר Joshua 10:33 5t., לַעְזוֺר2 Chronicles 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 2 Chronicles 28:23 (reading עֹזְרִים Ges§ 53o, for מַעְזְרִים ᵑ0, apparently Hiph`il; subject false gods); with accusative of location (city) Joshua 10:33 (D); especially with suffix person 10:4, 6 (+ הוֺשִׁיעַ; both J E), 1 Chronicles 12:18; 12:20; 12:23 (van d. H. v.12:17; v.12:19; v.12:22), 2 Chronicles 32:3; Ezra 8:22 (+ מִן of enemy), 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), 46:6 (suffix of city), 109:26 ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ); subject false gods Deuteronomy 32:8; 2 Chronicles 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.12:21; + עַל against); with אַחֲרֵי person (construction praegn.) 1 Kings 1:7; with בְּ person against whom 2 Chronicles 20:23 (+ infinitive); with לְ ֗֗֗ בֵּין, of ׳י, 14:10; absolute Isaiah 30:7; 2 Chronicles 26:13 (+ עַל against), 28:16; ׳ע לְרָעָה 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; 54:6; absolute Isaiah 31:3; 63:5; Jeremiah 47:4; Psalm 22:12; 107:12; construct הַמִּלְחָמָה עֹזְרֵי 1 Chronicles 12:1, רָ֑הַב עֹזְרֵי 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 מְעָט עֵזֶר יֵעָֽזְרוּ Daniel 11:34; Infinitive construct לְהֵעָזֵר הִפְלִיא2 Chronicles 26:15 he was wonderfully helped (literally made wonderful to be helped). Hiph`il dubious: Infinitive construct 2 Samuel 18:3 Kt, Participle plural מַעְזְרִים2 Chronicles 28:23, see Qal. |