Genesis 38:9 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	knew	וַיֵּ֣דַע	h3045
1	And Onan	אוֹנָ֔ן	h209
2		כִּ֛י	h3588
3		לֹּ֥א	h3808
4		ל֖וֹ	h0
5		יִֽהְיֶ֣ה	h1961
17	seed	זֶ֖רַע	h2233
7		וְהָיָ֞ה	h1961
8	should not be his and it came to pass when	אִם	h518
9	he went in	בָּ֨א	h935
10		אֶל	h413
11	wife	אֵ֤שֶׁת	h802
18	to his brother	לְאָחִֽיו׃	h251
13	that he spilled	וְשִׁחֵ֣ת	h7843
14	it on the ground	אַ֔רְצָה	h776
15	lest	לְבִלְתִּ֥י	h1115
16	that he should give	נְתָן	h5414
17	seed	זֶ֖רַע	h2233
18	to his brother	לְאָחִֽיו׃	h251

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his: and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he frustrated the purpose, lest he should give seed to his brother.

World English Bible (WEB)

Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it' to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;