4819. 'And his name was Shua' means the essential nature of this. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' as the essential nature, dealt with above in 4817, in this case the essential nature of evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, also dealt with above, in 4818.

4817. 'And his name was Hirah' means the nature of that falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421. The nature of the falsity referred to immediately above is what is meant, for names used in the Word, both of places and of persons, mean states and spiritual entities, see 1224, 1264, 1876, 1888, 1946, 2643, 3422, 4298, 4442.