Onan

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AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ER. Judah called his son Er, said name being derived from the expression, Stir up (‘Or’rah’) Thy might. His wife called the name of the second son Onan, but Scripture does not relate the reason for this name. Now it is possible that she experienced difficult labor, for it is customary for women to name their children after such an experience, as did the mother of Jabez who so named him, saying: Because I bore him with pain. And so did Atarah, the mother of Onam, [call him by the name Onam on account of her difficult labor]…

Ramban on Genesis 38:3:1

“Judah said to Onan: Consort with your brother’s wife, and consummate levirate marriage with her, and establish offspring for your brother” (Genesis 38:8).
“Judah said to Onan…” – Judah was the first to initiate the mitzva of levirate marriage. It is taught: Any matter that was in the category of permitted, became prohibited, and then became permitted again, it does not return to its initial permitted state, but rather, to a second permitted state. A yevama, because she was in the category of permitted, became prohibited, and was then permitted, does she, perhaps…

Bereshit Rabbah 85:5

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