Genesis 38:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah saith to Onan, ‘Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;’

King James Bible
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Hebrew
Then Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to Onan,
לְאוֹנָ֔ן (lə·’ō·w·nān)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 209: Onan -- 'vigorous', a son of Judah

“Sleep with
בֹּ֛א (bō)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

your brother’s
אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

wife.
אֵ֥שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

Perform your duty as her brother-in-law
וְיַבֵּ֣ם (wə·yab·bêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2992: To perform the duty of a husband's brother

and raise up
וְהָקֵ֥ם (wə·hā·qêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

offspring
זֶ֖רַע (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

for your brother.”
לְאָחִֽיךָ׃ (lə·’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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