Genesis 38:9:2Gen.38.9.W2PAT
אוֹנָ֔ן
onan
“Onan”
- Transliteration
- o-NAN
- Extended
- oh-NAAN
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Onan
- French
- Onan
- Spanish
- Onán
- Portuguese
- Onã
- German
- Onan
- Russian
- Онан
- Arabic-Simplified
- أُونَان
- Hindi
- ओनान
- Chinese-Simplified
- 俄南
- Korean
- 오난
- Indonesian
- Onan
- Bengali
- ওনান
- Tagalog
- Onan
- Swahili
- Onani
- Amharic
- ኦናን
- Yoruba
- Onan
- Igbo
- Onan
- Twi
- Onan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
o-NAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-DA o-NAN
- clause
va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra
- sentence
va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 38:9
and he knew Onan that not to him would be the offspring and it happened if he entered to the wife of his brother and he wasted to the ground in order not give offspring to his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word אוֹנָ֔ן (onan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.38.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W2.S1) and character.