Onan

Onan (אוֹנָן "Strong", Standard Hebrew Onan, Tiberian Hebrew ʾ?nān) is a person described in the Bible (book of Genesis). He was the second son of Judah. His name is the origin for the sexual term onanism (synonym of masturbation), which many consider to be based on a misinterpretation.

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After his older brother Er died Onan was to marry Er's widow Tamar (this was the practice of levirate marriage). According to the Bible, when he had sexual intercourse with his brother's wife he spilt his seed upon the ground (Genesis 38:7-9); the Bible says that he did this because (under the custom of levirate marriage) the child would not be considered his, but his late brother's. In response to this transgression, God killed Onan.

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