In Genesis 38:3; 26, this signifies the quality of evil derived from falsity from evil or the quality of the idolatry of the Jewish nation. (Arcana Coelestia 4819, 4826, 4913)

(参照: Genesis 2, 38, 38:2)

4824. 'And she called his name Onan' means the essential nature of this, that is to say, of the evil referred to immediately above in 4823. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 4822. 'Onan' means and implies the nature of that evil.