o.nan is the personal name of Judah’s son, appearing in his birth account, family records, and the account involving his brother’s wife.

The attested forms function consistently as the proper name of Judah’s son: he is named at birth, addressed in Judah’s instruction concerning his brother’s wife, and recalled with Er in genealogical statements that report their deaths.

1. Personal name of Judah’s son · dominant

   All supplied occurrences are tagged as Noun · Proper and identify the same individual. In Genesis 38:4 the APB renders the naming clause, “she called his name Onan”; Genesis 38:8 and Genesis 38:9 place him in Judah’s instruction and the subsequent action involving his brother’s wife, while 1 Chronicles 2:3, Genesis 46:12, and Numbers 26:19 list him among Judah’s sons and report his death with Er.

   1 Chronicles 2:3Genesis 38:4Genesis 38:8Genesis 38:9Genesis 46:12Numbers 26:19

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the term as “Onan” throughout the supplied verses: in a birth naming, direct address, narrative action, and genealogical lists. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, its repeated use of the name confirms the verse-level identification rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.