Hebrew word · H6147

עֵר

'er

Er

Appears 10 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.3;

son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I);

brother of: Onan (H0209) and Shelah (H7956);

half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I); married to Tamar (H8559)

§ Er = "awake"

1) the eldest son of Judah

2) son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 5

  1. Genesis 38:3 עֵֽר׃ Er

    So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

  2. Genesis 38:6 לְעֵ֣ר for Er

    Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

  3. Genesis 38:7 עֵ֚ר Er

    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

  4. Genesis 46:12 עֵ֧ר עֵ֤ר Er

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

    Here: Judah's firstborn by the daughter of Shua the Canaanite (Gen 38:2–3). Genesis 38:7 says he was evil in the LORD's sight and the LORD put him to death. Hebrew readers may have caught that his name ער is רע ("evil") spelled backwards.

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 26:19 עֵ֣ר עֵ֛ר [were] Er, Er

    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:3 עֵ֤ר עֵ֣ר׀ Er

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:21 עֵ֚ר Er

    The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

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