וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙

   va-ta-kha-TI

   and you caused to sin
2. clause🔊 וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֗ם וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִי בְּחַטֹּאתָֽם׃

   va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM

   and you walked in the way of Jeroboam and you caused to sin {direct object} my people Israel to provoke me to anger by their sins
3. sentence🔊 יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֲרִימֹתִ֙יךָ֙ מִן־הֶ֣עָפָ֔ר וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֗ם וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִי בְּחַטֹּאתָֽם׃

   YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha MIN-he-a-FAR va-et-TEN-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM

   because that I lifted you up from the dust and I gave you or appointed you leader over my people Israel and you walked in the way of Jeroboam and you caused to sin {direct object} my people Israel to provoke me to anger by their sins

Exegesis

The hiphil imperfect wātaḥăṭṭē’ bĕḥaṭṭōṯām {וַתַּחֲטִא בְּחַטֹּאותָם | wātaḥăṭṭē’ bĕ-ḥaṭṭōṯām} conveys causing sin through their sins. The English rendering preserves Hebrew verb order and narrative vav-consecutive flow, foregrounding divine agency before human disobedience.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ט־אḥ–t–ʼ

“to miss the mark, sin”

• 🔊 חַטָּאָהḥaṭṭā’âsin offeringLeviticus 4:3