1 Chronicles 21:8:41 Chr.21.8.W4TAB
חָטָ֣אתִֽי
khatati
“I have sinned”
- Transliteration
- kha-ta-TI
- Extended
- khaa-tah-TEE
- IPA
- /ħaː.taˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have sinned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ta-TI
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ta-TI me-OD
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-e-lo-HIM kha-ta-TI me-OD a-SHER a-si-TI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-e-lo-HIM kha-ta-TI me-OD a-SHER a-si-TI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-a-TA ha-a-VER-na et-a-VON av-de-KHA KI nis-kal-TI me-OD
Exegesis
The admission uses the Qal perfect chatati {חָטָאתִי | ḥāṭāʾtî} ‘I have sinned’ intensified by the adverb meʾod {מְאֹד | meʾōḏ} ‘greatly.’
Root and etymology
ch-ṭ-ʾ
“to miss the mark, to sin”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:8
And David said to God , “I have sinned greatly by doing this thing. And now, please remove the guilt of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:8, so the Hebrew word חָטָ֣אתִֽי (khatati) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.8.W4.S1) and character.