[Awaken; Rouse Up].

1. Judah’s firstborn son by his Canaanite wife. His father took Tamar as a wife for him, but, because Er proved to be wicked in the eyes of God, Jehovah put him to death before he was able to father any offspring.​—Ge 38:1-7; 46:12.

2. A son of Shelah the third son of Judah by his Canaanite wife.​—Ge 38:2-5; 1Ch 4:21.

3. An ancestor of Jesus Christ; the son of Jesus (Jose[s]) and the father of Elmadam.​—Lu 3:28.