עֵזֶר, preced.) help; trnsf. (after Gen. II, 20) helpmate. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XII ועשאה ע׳ וכ׳ (not ועשתה) and he made her a help and placed her opposite him. Ib. משבנה לו ע׳ אשה when he had built for him a helpmate named ishshah. Ib. אם זכה תהיה לו ע׳ וכ׳ if he deserves well, she will be to him a help, if not, an opposition; Gen. R. s. 17, a. e., v. נֶגֶד. Yalk. Gen. 62 לאדם ולעֶזְרוֹ for Adam and his wife; Pirké d’R. El. ch. XX. Ib. ch. XXI אדם ועוזרו (corr. acc.); a. e.