Study it in the app“The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by the daughter of Shua the Canaanite. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and he put him to death.”
The sonsבְּנֵיof Judah:יְהוּדָהEr,עֵרOnan,וְאוֹנָןand Shelah;וְשֵׁלָהthese threeשְׁלוֹשָׁהwere bornנוֹלַדto himלוֹbyמִthe daughterבַּתof Shuaשׁוּעַthe Canaanite.הַכְּנַעֲנִיתAnd Er,וַ עֵרthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof Judah,יְהוּדָהwasיְהִיevilרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand he put him to death.וַיְמִיתֵהוּ
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsEr
Er, the elder son of Judah; also another Israelite.
Where else “er” appearsOnan
Onan, the second son of Judah.
Where else “onan” appearsShelah
Shelah, the third son of Judah.
Where else “shela” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsbe born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “nolad” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsShua
Shua, a Canaanite, Judah's father-in-law.
Where else “shua” appearsCanaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaanit” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appearsThe account is in Genesis 38. “He put him to death”: the one who put him to death is YHWH, as Genesis 38:7 says.
2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.
