The Hebrew word for “help” is “azar”. It turns up in names like Eleazar, which means “God has helped,” and in other names of the same kind: Azariah, Ezra, and Joazar. Was there really a pharaoh called Ezra? It’s news to me.
Please give your friend Ezra a pat on the head from me, with my kind regards. I’ve never met a dog called Ezra, though we once had a poodle named Chai, which is Hebrew for “life.” Chai’s former owner was a Jewish friend who gave him that name.
God has helped by sending me this beautiful little dog. I am not sure why his name is Ezra because he had that name when I adopted him. It suits him, though.
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