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The sonsבְּנֵיof Judah:יְהוּדָהErעֵרand Onan;וְאוֹנָןand Erוַ עֵרand Onanוְאוֹנָןdiedיָּמָתin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Numbers 26:19
Study it in the app“The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:19, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- Erעֵרer
Er
Er, the elder son of Judah; also another Israelite.
Where else “er” appears- and Onanאוֹנָןonan
Onan
Onan, the second son of Judah.
Where else “onan” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
18These are the families of the sons of Gad, according to those of them counted: forty thousand five hundred.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.