Deuteronomy 20:18:11Deut.20.18.W11TAB
וַחֲטָאתֶ֖ם
vakhatatem
“and you would sin”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-ta-TEM
- Extended
- vah-khah-taa-TEM
- IPA
- /va.ħa.taˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you would sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-ta-TEM
- clause
va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vachatatem {וַחֲטָאתֶם | wa-ḥă-ṭā-tem} ‘and you have sinned’ indicates the ensuing consequence, culminating in ladonai elokeikhem {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-YHWH ’ĕ-lō-hê-khem} ‘against the LORD your God’, thereby underscoring the covenantal breach.
Root and etymology
“to sin, miss the mark”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
This is so that they do not teach you to carry out all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and thus you will sin against the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word וַחֲטָאתֶ֖ם (vakhatatem) 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 Deut.20.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W11.S1) and character.