1 Kings 16:19:21 Kgs.16.19.W2TAB
חַטֹּאתָיו֙
khatotavav
“his sins”
- Transliteration
- kha-to-ta-VAV
- Extended
- khah-toh-tah-VAAV
- IPA
- /ħaṭ.ṭoː.tɑˈvɔːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his sins
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-to-ta-VAV
- phraseyour reading level
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV
- clause
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The verse begins with the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} ‘because of’, establishing a causal link to the head noun chattaotav {חַטָּאתָיו֙ | khaṭ-ṭā-ʾōṯāv} ‘his sins’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾḥet–tet–aleph
“to miss, sin”
In context — 1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word חַטֹּאתָיו֙ (khatotavav) 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 Kgs.16.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W2.S1) and character.