•[אָזַר S 247 TWOT 59 GK 273 ] vb. gird, encompass, equip (Talm. id., Arabic
أَزَّرَ ( ˒azzara ), Aramaic in deriv. Lag BN 177 der. from وَزَرَ ( wazara ) ) . Qal Pf.
אָֽזְרוּ 1 S 2: 4; Impf. sf. יַאַזְרֵנִי Jb 30:1 8; 2 ms. תֶּאֱזֹור Je 1:1 7; Imv.
אֱזָר־נָא Jb 38: 3; 40:7 ; Pt. pass. אָזוּר 2 K 1: 8;— gird, gird on , sq. acc. rei loins
חֲלָצֶיךָ
Jb 38:
3;
40:7
,
מָחְנֶיךָ
Je 1:1
7;
pass.
, with
אֵזֹור
,
וְאֵזֹור עֹור אָזוּר בְּמָתְנָיו
2 K 1:
8;
cf.
act.
c.
acc. pers.
Jb 30:18
כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי
, subj.
לְבוּשִׁי
v. D
i;
fig.
1 S 2:4
אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל
.
Niph.
Pt.
נֶאְזָר
fig.
ψ 65:7
of God (
נ׳ בִּגְבוּרָה
)
girded with might
.
Pi.
Impf.
2
ms. sf.
וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי
ψ 18:40
;
30:12
;
וַתַּזְרִנִי
2 S 22:40
(
Ges
§ 68 R 2);
Pt. sf.
הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי
ψ 18:33
;
cstr.
מְאַזְּרֵי
Is 50:11
but
cf.
infr
.—
gird
,
c.
2
acc.
(
pers.
& rei)
fig.
,
ψ 18:40
=
2 S 22:40
ψ 18:33
(
חַיִל
);
ψ 30:12
(
שִׂמְחָה
);
acc. rei
om.
Is 45:5
;
acc. pers.
om.
מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקֹות
Is 50:1
1; but read rather
מְאִירֵי
cf.
27:11
(
ã
Kn Brd D
i).
Hithp.
Pf.
הִתְאַזָּר
ψ 93:1
;
Imv.
הִתְאַזְּרוּ
Is
8:9
(×2)—
gird oneself
, for war
Is 8:9
(×2); with
עֹז
ψ 93:1
(subj.
י׳
).
•
אֵזֹור
S
232
TWOT
59a
GK
258
n.m.
Je 13:10
waistcloth
(
NH id.
, Arabic
إِزَارٌ
(
˒izārun
),
cf.
RS
JQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.
)
—
א׳
abs.
Jb 12:18
+
8 times;
cstr.
2 K 1:8
+
4 times;—of skin
2 K 1:8
(prophet.); of linen
Je 13:1
(
v. Ch
e)
cf.
v
2,
4
,
6
,
7
(×2),
10
,
11
(symbol. of Isr. &
Jud.
cleaving to
י׳
); of Assyrian warriors’ waistcloth, ‘
girdle of loins
’
Is 5:27
; in wall-images of Chaldeans,
חֲגֹורֵי א׳ בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם
Ez 23:15
(
cf.
2 K 1:8
v.
sub
אָזַר
) so
fig.
of Yahweh’s power over kings
וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזֹור בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם
Jb 12:18
(
א׳
=
fetter,
cf.
D
i; but according to
RS
l.c. ref. to slaves’ garment);
metaph.
of righteousness & faithfulness
Is
11:5
(×2) (
א׳ מָתְנָיו
,
א׳ חֲלָצָיו
).
Talm ?Talmud. pass. passive. act. active. acc. pers. acc. of person.
R Redactor (e.g. in Hexateuch). Brd C. Brendenkamp.
NH New (Late) Hebrew. RS W. Robertson Smith.
JQ Jewish Quarterly. Jud. Judæa, Judæan.
l.c. in loco citato.