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# helper

noun (a helper, helpers)

«helper» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A helper is a person who helps someone do a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#m1)
2. In school, a helper can be a teaching assistant, a parent who helps, or a child given a job, like «milk helper». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and school, helpers set up the classroom, hand out books, or help on trips. In safety lessons «look for the helpers» — police officers, teachers, shop staff — means there are people you can go to if you are lost or scared. In stories little helpers, like Santa's elves, do work for others. Phrases: «a good helper», «classroom helper», «parent helper», «mother's little helper».

### Examples

- Who wants to be today's helper? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x1)
- The parent helpers came on our school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x2)
- She is a great helper in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x3)
- If you get lost, look for a helper like a police officer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x4)
- Santa's helpers make the toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x5)
- The helper gave out the pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x6)
- Thanks for being such a good helper! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x7)
- Our class helper waters the plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x8)
- He was a good friend of the king, and one of his strongest helpers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/#x9)

### Note

Countable: helpers. Built from help + er (a person who does). Also «assistant». Safety: a safe helper when lost is someone in uniform, a shop worker at a till, or a parent with children.

## In Jewish tradition

Someone who helps, and often God Himself, who helps those who have no one else.

**Interpretation.** The Psalms call God the helper of the weak, the orphan and the poor. Tradition reads this as God's care for those who are alone.

### Examples

- Hear, O LORD, and be gracious unto me; LORD, be Thou my helper.' (Writings PSA.30.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helper/#x1)
- God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him. (Writings JOB.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helper/#x2)
- They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper. (Writings JOB.30.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helper/#x3)

### Note

Countable: helpers. Built from help + er (a person who does). Also «assistant». Safety: a safe helper when lost is someone in uniform, a shop worker at a till, or a parent with children.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «helper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«helper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/helper.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «helper» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/helper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«helper» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/helper.html) on Mova free.