1 Samuel 15:24:41 Sam.15.24.W4TAB
חָטָ֔אתִי
khatati
“I sinned”
- Transliteration
- kha-ta-TI
- Extended
- khaa-tah-TEE
- IPA
- /ħaːtaˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I sinned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ta-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL kha-ta-TI ki-a-var-TI et-pi-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-de-va-RE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL kha-ta-TI ki-a-var-TI et-pi-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-de-va-RE-kha KI ya-RE-ti et-ha-AM va-esh-MA be-ko-LAM
Exegesis
Chatati {חָטָאתִי | ḥā-ṭā-ʼî} ‘I have sinned’ is a perfect verb expressing completed personal confession.
Root and etymology
ח־ט־א
“to miss the mark, sin”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the command of the LORD and your words , because I was afraid of the people and I listened to their voice.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:24, so the Hebrew word חָטָ֔אתִי (khatati) 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 Sam.15.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.24.W4.S1) and character.