Er

Er. (watchful).

1. First-born of Judah. Er "was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him." Gen 38:3-7; Num 26:19.

2. Descendant of Shelah, the son of Judah. 1Ch 4:21.

3. Son of Jose and father of Elmodam. Luk 3:28.

("watchful".)

1. Firstborn of Judah, by Bathshua, a Canaanite; the marriage with this daughter of a corrupt race producing sin and sorrow. Tamar was his wife but bore him no son; for "Er was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him," his sin being probably some abomination connected with the impure Canaanite idolatry (Gen 38:3-7). Gen 38:2. 1Ch 4:21.

3. Gen 46:16.

4. Luk 3:28.

(Hebrews id. עֵר, watchful; Sept. and N.T. "Hp, Vulg. Her.), the name of three men. SEE ERI.

1. The oldest son of the patriarch Judah by BathShuah (daughter of Shuah), a Canaanitess. His wife was Tamar, but he had no issue, and his widow eventually became the mother of Pharez and Zarah by Judah. Er "was wicked [רע, a paronomasia of ער] in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him" (Gen 38:3-7; Num 26:19). B.C. cir. 1896. It does not appear what the nature of his sin was; but, from his Canaanitish birth on the mother’s side, it was probably connected with the abominable idolatries of Canaan.

2. A "son" of Shelah (Judah’s son), and "father" of Lecah (1Ch 4:21). B.C. prob. ante 1618.

3. Son of Jose and father of Elmodan, in Christ’s genealogy, of David’s private line prior to Salathiel (Luk 3:28). B.C. cir. 725.

1. Eldest son of Judah by a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite. "He was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him." Gen 38:3; Gen 38:6-7; Gen 46:12; Num 26:19; 1Ch 2:3.

2. Son of Shelah, of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 4:21.

3. Son of Jose, in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus. Luk 3:28.

ER.—An ancestor of Jesus, Luk 3:28.

(, "the watchful"):

By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn

1. First son of Judah by Shuah the Canaanite (Gen. xxxviii. 3; Num. xxvi. 19). He died soon after marrying Tamar, because he "was wicked in the sight of the Lord" (Gen. xxxviii. 7). What his sin was is explained in Bereshit R. lxxxv. 4.

2. Son of Shelah, the son of Judah (I Chron. iv. 21).

3. Son of Jose, one of the ancestors of Jesus (Luke iii. 28).

ER.—1. The eldest son of Judah by his Canaanitish wife, the daughter of Shua. For wickedness, the nature of which is not described, ‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] slew him’ (Gen 38:3-7, Num 26:19). 2. A son of Shelah the son of Judah (1Ch 4:21). 3. An ancestor of Jesus (Luk 3:28).

Awaking: stirring up

âr (ער, ‛ēr, “watcher”; Ἤρ, Ēr):

(1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. It is recorded that Er “was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh slew him” (Gen 38:3, Gen 38:6, Gen 38:7; Gen 46:12).

(2) “Er the father of Lecah” is mentioned among “the sons of Shelah the son of Judah” (1Ch 4:21).

(3) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke’s genealogy in the 7th generation before Zerubbabel (Luk 3:28).