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title: אוֹנָן — Onan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹנָן (209), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Onan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹנָן

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«אוֹנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Onan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 209 · **BDB:** אוֹנָן

### Glosses

Onan (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Onan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/209/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/209/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (vigorous) son of Judah Gn 38:4, 8, 9; 46:12(×2); Nu 26:19(×2); 1 Ch 2:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/209/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.4/)

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וַתַּ֥הַר ע֖וֹד וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אוֹנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and she.conceived again and she.bore a.son and she.called (et) name his Onan

*JPS 1917:* And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan.

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[Numbers 26:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.19/)

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בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה עֵ֣ר וְאוֹנָ֑ן וַיָּ֥מָת עֵ֛ר וְאוֹנָ֖ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Judah \[were\].Er and Onan and he.died Er and Onan in the.land of.Canaan

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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