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Genesis 38:7 Interlinear

“ And Er firstborn Judah's was wicked in the sight and the LORD slew and the LORD”

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Genesis 38 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֗י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	עֵ֚ר	H6147	And Er	er, the name of two israelites
3	בְּכ֣וֹר	H1060	firstborn	first-born; hence, chief
4	יְהוּדָ֔ה	H3063	Judah's	jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
5	רַ֖ע	H7451	was wicked	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
6	בְּעֵינֵ֣י	H5869	in the sight	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
7	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	and the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
8	וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ	H4191	slew	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
9	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	and the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Genesis 38:7 (current) And Er firstborn Judah's was wicked in the sight and the LORD slew and the LORD