Leviticus 19:17:9Lev.19.17.W9TAB

חֵֽטְא׃

khet

sin

Transliteration
KHET
Extended
KHEHT
IPA
/ˈħeːt/

Meaning by language

English
sin

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tett — emphatic
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    KHET

  2. clause

    ho-KHE-akh to-KHI-akh et-a-mi-TE-kha ve-lo-tis-SA a-LA-yv KHET

  3. sentence

    lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha bil-va-VE-kha ho-KHE-akh to-KHI-akh et-a-mi-TE-kha ve-lo-tis-SA a-LA-yv KHET

Exegesis

The conjunction ve-lō {וְלֹא־ | wə-lō} plus Qal imperfect tissa {תִשָּׂא | tiś-sāʼ} with ʿalav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāy-w} and ḥēt {חֵטְא | ḥê-ṭāʼ} signals the consequence of failing to rebuke—bearing sin oneself—emphasizing communal accountability and emotional integrity.

Root and etymology

Roothet tet aleph

to miss the mark

In contextLeviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor , and you shall not bear sin because of him.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 19:17, so the Hebrew word חֵֽטְא׃ (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 Lev.19.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.17.W9.S1) and character.