חָטָ֔א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חָטָ֔א

   kha-TA

   he sinned
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א

   a-SHER kha-TA

   which he sinned
3. clause🔊 בִּגְלַ֞ל חַטֹּ֤אות יָֽרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   big-LAL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-I et-yis-ra-EL

   because of sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְיִתֵּ֖ן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בִּגְלַ֞ל חַטֹּ֤אות יָֽרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-yit-TEN et-yis-ra-EL big-LAL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-I et-yis-ra-EL

   and he will give {direct object marker} Israel because of sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel

Exegesis

Two parallel relative clauses, asher chata {אֲשֶׁר חָטָא | ʾa-šer ḥā-ṭāʼ} ‘which he sinned’ and ve-asher hecheti et Yisra’el {וַאֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | wa-ʾa-šer he-che-tīʼ ʼet-yi-srā-ʼēl} ‘and which he caused Israel to sin’, reinforce Jeroboam’s direct and vicarious guilt. The hiphil verb hecheti intensifies causation, and the Hebrew structure preserves parallelism and theological emphasis on individual and communal sin.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ט־אchet-tet-aleph

“to miss, to sin”

• 🔊 חֵטְאḥê-ṭeʼsin, offenseGenesis 4:7
• 🔊 חַטָּאתḥaṭ-ṭā-ʼṯsin offeringLeviticus 4:3