The sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Judah
Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw')
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah.
Er
`Er (ayr)
watchful; Er, the name of two Israelites -- Er.
and Onan
'Ownan (o-nawn')
strong; Onan, a son of Judah -- Onan.
and Shelah
Shelah (shay-law')
request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite -- Shelah.
which three
shalowsh (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
were born
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
unto him of the daughter
bath (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
of Shua
Shuwa`a' (shoo-aw')
wealth; Shua, an Israelitess -- Shua.
Bath-Shuwa` (bath-shoo'-ah)
daughter of wealth; Bath-shua -- Bath-shua.
the Canaanitess
Kna`aniy (ken-ah-an-ee')
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) -- Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
And Er
`Er (ayr)
watchful; Er, the name of two Israelites -- Er.
the firstborn
bkowr (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
of Judah
Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw')
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah.
was evil
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
in the sight
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and he slew
muwth (mooth)
causatively, to kill
him
