חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

   kha-TE-u-LAKH

   they have sinned against you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

   a-SHER kha-TE-u-LAKH

   who or which they have sinned against you
3. clause🔊 וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

   ve-sa-LAKH-ta le-am-me-KHA a-SHER kha-TE-u-LAKH

   and you will forgive to your people who or which they have sinned against you
4. sentence🔊 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

   ve-sha-MA-ta min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-me-KHON shiv-te-KHA et-te-fi-la-TAM ve-et-te-khi-no-TE-hem ve-a-SI-ta mish-pa-TAM ve-sa-LAKH-ta le-am-me-KHA a-SHER kha-TE-u-LAKH

   and you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling the prayer of them and the pleas of them and you will do their judgment and you will forgive to your people who or which they have sinned against you

Exegesis

The noun mishpatam {מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם | miš-pā-tam} functions as a legal idiom for advocacy, and the relative asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} plus chateulakh {חָֽטְאוּ־לָךְ | ḥa-ṭā-ʾû-lā-kha} frames the plea for covenant restoration through forgiveness. The English rendering preserves the sequence of divine actions: hearing, acting in justice, and forgiving.

Root and etymology

ḥ-t-ʾ🔊 ח־ט־אḥet–tav–aleph

“to miss the mark, sin”

• 🔊 חֵטְאchetsinLeviticus 5:1