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Ezra, can you Help?
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Ezra, can you Help?
עֶזְרָא
The suffix may be an Armaic ending or the name be be a short short form of עֲזַרְאֵל, (וּ)
The root means: Help. Support.
Eben-Ezer -- is a "stone of the help"
This was a stone that was set up by Samuel after Israel's defeat of the Philistines in the story in Samuel 7-12.
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1 Samuel 7:12 וַיִּקַּ֙ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶ֣בֶן אַחַ֗ת וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֵּֽין־הַמִּצְפָּה֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַשֵּׁ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ אֶ֣בֶן הָעָ֑זֶר וַיֹּאמַ֕ר עַד־הֵ֖נָּה עֲזָרָ֥נוּ יְהוָֽה׃
1 Samuel 7:12 wayyiqqaH šümû´ël ´eºben ´aHat wayyäºSem Bê|n-hammic•Pâ ûbên haššën wayyiq•rä´ ´et-šümäh ´eºben hä`äºzer wayyö´mar `ad-hëºnnâ `ázäräºnû yhwh(´ädönäy)
1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Psalm 30:11 שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֥ה וְחָנֵּ֑נִי יְ֜הוָה הֱֽיֵה־עֹזֵ֥ר לִֽי׃
Psalm 30:11 šüma`-yhwh(´ädönäy) wüHonnëºnî yhwh(´ädönäy) hé|yË-`özër lî
Psalm 30:11 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.