וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙

   u-ve-kha-ta-TO

   and because of his sin
2. clause🔊 לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לְהַחֲטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   to walk in the way of Jeroboam and because of his sin which he did to cause to sin {direct object marker} Israel
3. sentence🔊 עַל־חטאתו חַטֹּאתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לְהַחֲטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   because of his sin his sins which he sinned to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD to walk in the way of Jeroboam and because of his sin which he did to cause to sin {direct object marker} Israel

Exegesis

The concluding segment uvechatato asher asah le’hachati et yisra’el {וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לְהַחֲטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ū-ḇᵉ-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾō ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh lᵉ-ha-ḥa-ṭî ʾet yi-srā-ʾēl} ‘and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin’ uses a Hiphil infinitive construct to underscore causation and communal impact. The layered infinitive clauses and relative constructions build a cumulative portrayal of sin and its effect on the nation.

Root and etymology

ḥ-t-ʾ🔊 ח־ט־אḥet–tet–aleph

“to miss, sin”

• 🔊 חֵטְאchetsin, failureLeviticus 4:3