Lexical Definition

‎אָזַר‎ ʼâzar (aw-zar') to gird ^H:V
a primitive root

bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).

• to belt

1) gird, encompass, equip, clothe
1a) (Qal) to gird, gird on (metaphorical of strength)
1b) (Niphal) be girded
1c)(Piel) hold close, clasp
1d) (Hiphpael) gird oneself (for war)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָזַר‎] verb gird, encompass, equip (Talmud id., Arabic , Aramaic in derivation Lag^{BN 177} derives from ). Qal Perfect ‎אָֽזְרוּ‎ 1Sam 2:4 Imperfect suffix ‎יַאַזְרֵנִי‎ Job 30:18 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּאֱזוֺר‎ Jer 1:17 Imperative ‎אֱזָרנָֿא‎ Job 38:3; Job 40:7Passive participle ‎אָזוּר‎ 2Kgs 1:8 — gird, gird on, followed by accusative of thingloins ‎חֲלָצֶיךָ‎ Job 38:3; Job 40:7, ‎מָתְנֶיךָ‎ Jer 1:17 passive, subject ‎אֵזוֺר‎, ‎וְאֵזוֺר עוֺר אָזור בְּמָתְנָיו‎ 2Kgs 1:8 compare active with accusative of person Job 30:18‎כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי‎, subject ‎לְבוּשִׁי‎ see Di; figurative 1Sam 2:4 ‎אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל‎ Niph`al Participle ‎נֶאֱזָר‎ figurative Ps 65:7* of God (‎בִּגְבוּרֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎) girded with might. Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי‎ Ps 18:40*; Ps 30:12* ‎וַתַּזְרֵנִי‎ 2Sam 22:40 (Ges^{«GKC:68»§ 68} R 2); Participle suffix ‎הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי‎ Ps 18:33* construct ‎מְאַזְּרֵי‎ Isa 50:11 but compare below — gird, with 2 accusative (person & thing) figurative, Ps 18:40* = 2Sam 22:40; Ps 18:33* (‎חַיִל‎); Ps 30:12* (‎שִׂמְחָה‎); accusative of thing omitted Isa 45:5 accusative of person omitted ‎מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֺת‎ Isa 50:12 but read rather ‎מְאִירֵי‎ compare Isa 27:11 (ᵑ6 Kn Brd Di). Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְאַזָּ֑ר‎ Ps 93:1 Imperative ‎הִתְאַזְּרוּ‎ Isa 8:9 (twice in verse) — gird oneself, for war Isa 8:9 (twice in verse); with ‎עֹז‎ Ps 93:1 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎).

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