יַעֲזֵיר
Yaʻăzêyr · yah-az-ayr'
Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: or יַעְזֵר; from H5826 (עָזַר); helpful;
Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jaazer, Jazer.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַעֲזֵיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jazer4 · 31%
- and jazer2 · 15%
- jaazer1 · 8%
- and jaazer1 · 8%
- was jazer1 · 8%
- jazer1 · 8%
- and toward jazer1 · 8%
- at jazer1 · 8%
- even unto jazer1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.