Deuteronomy 21:22:3Deut.21.22.W3TAB
חֵ֛טְא
khet
“offense”
- Transliteration
- KHET
- Extended
- KHEET
- IPA
- /xeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- offense
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHET
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT ve-ta-LEE-ta o-TO al-ETS
Exegesis
The verb yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֣ה | yiḥyê} ‘there is’ (imperfect) signals potential occurrence of chet {חֵ֛טְא | ḥêṭʾ} ‘sin, offense’ in be’ish {בְאִ֗ישׁ | bə-ʾîš} ‘a man’.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Tet–Aleph
“to miss the mark, commit offense”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:22
And when there is in a man a sin worthy of the judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you hang him on a tree.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:22, so the Hebrew word חֵ֛טְא (khet) 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.21.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.22.W3.S1) and character.