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ʿazrīʾēl עַזְרִיאֵל ‘Azriel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿēzer עֵ֫זֶר ‘helper’ and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots: עזר אל

ʿazrīʾēl pr n m pers
Azriel = "my help is God"
1) a head of a house of the half-tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan
2) a Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of the tribe at the time of the census of David
3) father of Seraiah, an officer of king Jehoiakim of Judah

Mentioned in Jeremiah 36:26 1 Chronicles 5:24, 27:19

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