עָזְר֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָזְר֥וּ

   a-ze-RU

   they helped
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ

   a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU

   they helped a man against his companion
3. clause🔊 וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃

   u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT

   and when they finished them with inhabitants of Seir they helped a man against his companion to destroy
4. sentence🔊 וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃

   va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT

   and they stood up sons of Ammon and Moab against inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote to destruction and to destroy and when they finished them with inhabitants of Seir they helped a man against his companion to destroy

Exegesis

The temporal clause ū-kə-kallôtām {וּכְכַלּוֹתָם | ū-kə-kallôtām} ‘when they finished’ introduces the ironic perfect verb ʿāzarû {עָזְרוּ | ʿāzarû} ‘they helped’, as allies turn on themselves.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־ז־רʿ-z-r

“to help, support”