Genesis 38:9
Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.This verse in the real world
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- אוֹנָןʼÔwnânOnan, a son of Judah
- בִּלְתִּיbiltîyproperly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a preposition
- אִםʼimused very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, altho
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.