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Eleazar and Eliezer

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Eleazar is not quite the same as Eliezer (although the names are obviously related). The translation can vary in both cases:

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ELEAZAR (Hebrew "el'azar", contains the verb "azar" = to help):
- "God has helped (and given me this child)" or
- "God helps" as a more general statement, drawn as a conclusion from several occasions of God's help.

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ELIEZER (Hebrew "eli'ezer", contains the noun "ezer" = help):
- "God is help" or
- "My God is help" (as a more personal confession).

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The "I" can either be a suffix indicating 1. person singular (like our possessive pronoun) or else a now meaningless relict of older grammar.

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But note: If the "I" in ELIEZER means "my", it can only refer to "God", never to "help". (This would be Elezri or rather Ezriel)

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So btn is wrong, when it translates "God is my help"!!!

Eleazar means "G-d has helped" :)

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

It means "god is my helper". Click the link to Eliezer..

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...i remember a song
like in a dream
where september was long
and winter unreal...