1 Samuel 15:30:21 Sam.15.30.W2TAB
חָטָ֔אתִי
khatati
“I have sinned”
- Transliteration
- kha-ta-TI
- Extended
- khaa-tah-TEE
- IPA
- /ħaː.taːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL ve-SHUV im-MI ve-hish-ta-kha-WEI-ti la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
His admission chatati {חָטָאתִי | ḥāṭā’tî} ‘I-have-sinned’ forms an independent clause.
Root and etymology
ח-ט-א
“to miss, to sin”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:30
And he said, “I have sinned. Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:30, 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.15.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.30.W2.S1) and character.