Leviticus 4:3:11Lev.4.3.W11TAB
חָטָ֜א
khataa
“he sinned”
- Transliteration
- kha-TAA
- Extended
- khah-TAA
- IPA
- /ħaˈtaːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sinned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-TAA
- phraseyour reading level
AL kha-ta-TOH a-SHER kha-TAA
- clause
ve-hik-RIV AL kha-ta-TOH a-SHER kha-TAA PAR ben-ba-KAR ta-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH le-kha-TAAT
- sentence
IM ha-ko-HEN ha-ma-SHI-akh ye-khe-TAA le-ash-MAT ha-AM ve-hik-RIV AL kha-ta-TOH a-SHER kha-TAA PAR ben-ba-KAR ta-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH le-kha-TAAT
Exegesis
The relative clause asher chata {אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטָ֜א | ’ăšer ḥāṭāʼ} qualifies the sin.
Root and etymology
RootChet, Tet, Aleph
“to miss, to sin”
In context — Leviticus 4:3
If the anointed priest sins causing guilt on the people, then he must bring for his own sin, which he has sinned, a young bull, without blemish, to the LORD , as a sin offering.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 4:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 4:3, so the Hebrew word חָטָ֜א (khataa) 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.4.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.4.3.W11.S1) and character.