# General Information:

This list includes the names of both men and women names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Er, Onan, and Shelah ... Shua ... Perez ... Zerah

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# who were born to him by Shua's daughter

This can be translated in active form. AT: "his sons whom Shua bore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Yahweh

This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.

# bore him Perez and Zerah

"gave birth to his sons Perez and Zerah"

# in the sight of Yahweh

The sight of Yahweh represents his judgment or evaluation. AT: "as Yahweh judged" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Yahweh killed him

The reader should understand that Yahweh probably had a person kill Er. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Tamar

This is the name of a woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# daughter-in-law

This is a reference to the wife of his son.

# five sons

"5 sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/canaan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/firstborn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tamar]]