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🔊 עַל־חטאתו חַטֹּאתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה

   al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH

   because of his sin his sins which he sinned to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD
4. 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 relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the Qal perfect verb chata {חָטָ֔א | ḥā-ṭāʾ} ‘he sinned’, followed by the infinitive la’asot hara {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע | la-ʿă-sōṯ hā-rāʿ} ‘to do the evil’ together with the phrase be’einei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bᵉ-ʿê-nē Yᵉ-hō-wāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’, forming a verbal-nominal construction that highlights disapproved action under divine scrutiny.

Root and etymology

ḥ-t-ʾ🔊 ח־ט־אḥet–tet–aleph

“to miss, sin”

• 🔊 חֵטְאchetsin, failureLeviticus 4:3