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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-West Semitic *ʕaḏr- m (“help”, verbal noun); the meaning of this verb *ʕaḏar- (“to assist”) has specialized in Arabic عُذْر (ʕuḏr) and Sabaean 𐩲𐩹𐩧 (ʿḏr, “excuse, pardon”) but is also kept in Sabaean 𐩲𐩹𐩧 (ʿḏr, “followers; community”).
Pronunciation
Noun
עֶזְרָה • (ʿezrá) f (plural indefinite עֶזְרוֹת, singular construct עֶזְרַת־)
- help
Derived terms
Noun
עֲזָרָה • (azará) f (plural indefinite עֲזָרוֹת, singular construct עֲזָרַת־)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) the Temple court
- Mishnah Yoma 6:2 with translation by Wikisource:
והכהנים והעם העומדים בעזרה כשהיו שומעים שם המפורש שהוא יוצא מפי כהן גדול היו כורעים ומשתחוים ונופלים על פניהם ואומרים ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד- Then, when the priests and the people who stood in the Temple court heard the Ineffable Name intoned by the High Priest, they would bow and prostrate themselves and fall on their faces. Then they would say, "Blessed is His glorious kingdom for ever and ever."