עֶזְרָה

Judges 5:23 לְעֶזְרַ֣ת לְעֶזְרַ֥ת to [the] help of

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Here: 'To the aid of,' with the military sense of arriving as reinforcements. The phrase describes joining a fight, not doing a favor.

2 Chronicles 28:21 לְעֶזְרָ֖ה for help

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Job 6:13 עֶזְרָתִ֣י [is] help my

Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

Job 31:21 עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ help my

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Psalm 22:19 לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי to help my

But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

Psalm 27:9 עֶזְרָתִ֥י help my

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Here: 'My help'. It is placed first in its clause for emphasis: 'my help is what you have been'. The word is often used of rescue in battle, and of God himself.

Psalm 35:2 בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃ <in> help my

Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Here: 'Help' here means armed relief: reinforcements arriving to rescue someone outmatched. The little prefix be- can mean 'for (the purpose of) my help' or 'as my help', meaning 'be my rescue in person'.

Psalm 38:22 לְעֶזְרָתִ֑י to help my

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Psalm 40:13 לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי to help my

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

Psalm 40:17 עֶזְרָתִ֣י [are] help my

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Here: "My help," in the strong sense of the aid that arrives and turns the outcome, often military relief. The speaker does not call God "my helper" as one who adds a little. God is the whole of his help.

Psalm 44:26 עֶזְרָ֣תָה <to> a help

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

Here: 'Help' with an extra poetic -â ending (the same form appears in Ps 63:7 and 94:17). Read as 'arise as help' or 'arise for help'. In the Psalms this word usually means military rescue, the help of an ally who turns the battle. It does not mean minor assistance.

Psalm 46:1 עֶזְרָ֥ה a help

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Here: Active help, often military: the relief force that arrives when you are under attack. It does not mean a helper of lower rank. In the Old Testament God is the help Israel most often calls on.

Psalm 60:11 עֶזְרָ֣ת help

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Psalm 63:7 עֶזְרָ֣תָה <to> a help

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

Here: The help that saves someone who cannot save himself, usually from a stronger party such as an ally in battle. The extra -āh ending is an old poetic form that also appears in the set phrase "a help to me/us" (Ps 44:26; 94:17).

Psalm 70:1 לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי to help my

For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

Here: 'To my help', meaning to the place where I need aid. It is the language of reinforcements coming to someone outmatched. It does not mean a small boost.

Psalm 71:12 לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי to help my

Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

Here: 'To my help' or 'to my rescue.' In the Psalms, ʿezrâ is the help of someone stronger stepping in, often like an ally arriving in battle. The word is placed before the verb, which puts the stress on it.

Psalm 94:17 עֶזְרָ֣תָה [had been] <to> a help

Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Here: Help that comes from someone stronger into a situation the helped person cannot handle, often military or legal rescue. The noun has a lengthened poetic ending (-â), also found in Ps 44:26 and 63:7, which adds weight: 'as help', 'for rescue'.

Psalm 108:12 עֶזְרָ֣ת help

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Isaiah 10:3 לְעֶזְרָ֔ה for help

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Here: 'For help,' meaning rescue in a crisis, often military aid. The irony is pointed. These men had stripped widows and orphans, the classic helpless people, of any help. Now they will find themselves without a helper.

Isaiah 20:6 לְעֶזְרָ֔ה for help

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

Isaiah 31:1 לְעֶזְרָ֔ה for help

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Here: "For help": in this setting, military aid from an ally. Verse 3 turns the word against them: the "helper" (‘ōzēr) will stumble and the "helped" (‘āzur) will fall.

Isaiah 31:2 עֶזְרַ֖ת [the] help of

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

Here: "The help of". This repeats v.1's "go down to Egypt for help (le'ezrah)". The "help" these evildoers rely on is Egypt itself, and God will rise against that help.

Jeremiah 37:7 לְעֶזְרָ֔ה to help

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

Here: 'As help': military aid and rescue. The prophets used exactly this word for the help Judah wrongly looked for from Egypt (Isa 31:1).

Lamentations 4:17 עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ help our

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Here: 'Our help': in context, military relief coming to break a siege. In the Psalms the same word often names the help God gives, which sharpens the irony.

Nahum 3:9 בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃ <in> help your

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

Here: 'Help' here means military aid from allies. The little prefix 'be-' marks the role they filled ('served as your help'), not a location. The 'your' (feminine singular) is unexpected after 'her' and may be the prophet speaking straight to Thebes, or an early copying slip for 'her'.