er (Er) · Rightly

Meaning

The eldest son of Judah
Son of Shelah and grandson of Judah
The eldest son of Judah
Son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

How it's translated

er 9
for er 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Genesis 4
1 Chronicles 2
Numbers 1

3 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Genesis 38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

Hebrew dictionary

עֵר er · Er

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

עֵר er · Er

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.21; son of: Shelah (H7956); brother of: Laadah (H3935), Jokim (H3137), Joash (H3101K) and Saraph (H8315); father of: Lecah (H3922) § Er = "awake" 1) the eldest son of Judah 2) son of Shelah and grandson of Judah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).