And she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Er. Which signifies a "watchman": but the reason of the name given by the Targum of Jonathan is,
"because he should die without children;''
as if it was the same with Ariri, "childless".
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Genesis 38:3
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.