עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות

   al-kha-TO-ot

   for the sins of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות יָרָבְעָם֙

   al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM

   for the sins of Jeroboam
3. clause🔊 עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות יָרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused to sin Israel
4. sentence🔊 עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות יָרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּכַעְס֕וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכְעִ֔י אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL

   for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused to sin Israel with his anger which he provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel

Exegesis

The verse opens with the causal preposition al {עַל | ʿal} ‘because of’, establishing the basis for divine response.

The noun phrase khattot Yarovʾam {חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם | ḥaṭ-ṭō-ṯ yā-rō-ḇə-ʿām} ‘sins of Jeroboam’ is elaborated by two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} ‘which’: first with khatā {חָטָא | ḥā-ṭāʾ} in the Qal perfect ‘he sinned’, then with heḥeṭîʾā {הֶחֱטִיא | heḥ-ḵǝ-ṭî-ʾāʾ} in the Hiphil perfect ‘he caused to sin’, highlighting both personal guilt and communal impact.

Root and etymology

ḥ-ṭ-ʾ🔊 ח־ט־אhet–tet–aleph

“to miss the mark, sin”

• 🔊 חֵטְאchetsin/faultGenesis 4:7