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ʾōnān אוֹנָן ‘Onan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a variation of ʾōnō אוֹנוֹ ‘Ono’
Roots: אונו אונו

ʾōnān pr n m pers
Onan = "strong"
1) second son of Judah, slain by God for not fulfilling the levitical requirement to beget a child with the wife of a dead, childless brother

Mentioned in Genesis 38:4, 38:8, 38:9, 46:12 Numbers 26:19 1 Chronicles 2:3

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