2 Kings 15:9:142 Kgs.15.9.W14TAB
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hekheti
“he caused to sin”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-TI
- Extended
- heh-kheh-TTEE
- IPA
- /hɛħɛˈṭiː/
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-to-OT ya-ra-ve-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 ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TA-v LO SAR me-kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Hifil verb hecheti {הֶחֱטִיא | he-ḥě-ṭîʾ} ‘he caused to sin’ forms a relative clause that extends Israel’s culpability and highlights causation. English rendering maintains SVO order while preserving Hebrew parallelism and causative nuance.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾchet–tet–aleph
“to miss the mark, cause to sin”
In context — 2 Kings 15:9
And he committed what was evil in the sight of the LORD , just as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 15:9, 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.15.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.9.W14.S1) and character.