Ezer is a personal name meaning 'help' or 'helper,' from the root for helping or supporting. This particular Ezer was an Ephraimite mentioned in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles, killed by men of Gath when he and his brothers went down to raid their livestock. The name reflects a common Hebrew pattern of celebrating help, whether human assistance or divine aid. Related names like Ebenezer ('stone of help') and Eleazar ('God is help') show this theme's importance in Israelite naming. The tragic story attached to this Ezer—killed in a livestock raid gone wrong—shows that even someone named 'help' could die young. His father Ephraim mourned him many days, and the tribe comforted their bereaved ancestor.