Vayeishev 38:3 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:3 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk

The Complete Passuk

וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר׃

She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er.

Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Yalkut Shimoni 145.

Core Text

וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ עֵר — בֵּן שֶׁהֻעַר מִן הָעוֹלָם.

English: “And he called his name Er” — a son who was emptied (hu’ar) from the world.

In context: The name Er is midrashically tied to his early removal from the world.

Derash on the verse (Yalkut) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The name is read as a hint to his fate.

Er’s name already signals that he would be removed from the world before his time.