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Genesis 2:18

וַ יֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶלֹהִים לֹא טֹוב הֶיֹות הָ אָדָם לְ בַדֹּו אֶעֶשֶׂהּ לֹּו עֵזֶר כְּ נֶגְדֹּו
And Yahweh is saying, Elohim, it is not a good one the becoming of the Red-one to his own separation,89 I am making to-himself a surrounding-help90 according to his anti.91
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The Hebrew ezer, help (Strong’s #5828) is a masculine noun from the root azar which forms the name of several men: a wall-builder (Neh. 3:19), a father in Judah (1 Chron. 4:4), a chief mighty man of David (1 Chron. 12:10), and Ezra the Priest (Ezra, Nehemiah). “The primary idea lie in girding surrounding, hence defending” - Gesenius