ʕḏr / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ʕḏr: Ezra.

ʕḏr

Central Semitic, to help.

1. Ezra, from Hebrew ʕezrāʔ, hypocoristic form of a name such as ʕazrîʔēl, God (is) my help, from ʕazr-, ʕezr-, presuffixal form of ʕēzer, help (ʔēl, God; see ʔl).
2. Lazarus, from Hebrew ʔelʕāzār, God has helped, from ʕāzār, he has helped, lengthened form of ʕāzar, to help (ʔel, God; see ʔl).
3. Hasdrubal, from Latin Hasdrubāl, from Phoenician (Punic) *ʕazrō-baʕl, his help (is) Baal, from *ʕazrō, his help, from ʕazr, help, from *ʕzr, to help + *-ō, his (*baʕl, Baal; see bʕl).


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