Leviticus 16:5:8Lev.16.5.W8TAB
לְחַטָּ֑את
lekhatat
“for a sin offering”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-TAT
- Extended
- leh-kha-TAAT
- IPA
- /ləħaˈtaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a sin offering
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-TAT
- clause
oo-me-ET a-DAT be-NEE yis-ra-EL yik-KAKH she-NEE-se-EE-REE iz-ZEEM le-kha-TAT
- sentence
oo-me-ET a-DAT be-NEE yis-ra-EL yik-KAKH she-NEE-se-EE-REE iz-ZEEM le-kha-TAT ve-A-yil e-KHAD le-o-LAH
Exegesis
The prepositional clauses lə-ḥaṭṭāʾṯ {לְחַטָּאת | lə-ḥat-tāʾṯ} “for a sin offering” and lə-ʿōlāh {לְעֹלָה | lə-ʿōlāh} “for a burnt offering” define distinct cultic purposes, coordinated by wə- {וְ | wə}. English renders the Hebrew VSO order as SVO, preserves the dual as “two,” and maintains the ritual parallelism of expiation and dedication inherent in the original.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṭ-ʾheth-tet-aleph
“to miss the mark; sin”
In context — Leviticus 16:5
And from the assembly of the sons of Israel, he shall take two male goats for a sin offering , and one ram for a burnt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:5, so the Hebrew word לְחַטָּ֑את (lekhatat) 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 Lev.16.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.5.W8.S1) and character.