2 Kings 15:24:112 Kgs.15.24.W11TAB
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hekheti
“he caused to sin”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-TI
- Extended
- heh-kheh-TIH
- IPA
- /hɛħ.ˈtˤiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he caused to sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-khe-TI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER he-khe-TI
- clause
LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ǎšer hĕ·ḥĕ·ṭî·aʾ ’et yiś·rā·’ē·l {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ’ǎšer hĕ·ḥĕ·ṭî·aʾ ’et yiś·rā·’ē·l} uses the Hifil perfect and direct object marker to underscore Jeroboam’s causative agency in Israel’s sin.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾchet–tet–aleph
“to miss the mark, cause to sin”
In context — 2 Kings 15:24
And he did the evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱטִ֖יא (hekheti) 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 2 Kgs.15.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.24.W11.S1) and character.