Numbers 15:27:8Num.15.27.W8TAB
לְחַטָּֽאת׃
lekhatat
“for a sin offering”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-TAT
- Extended
- leh-kha-TAAT
- IPA
- /ləħaˈtaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a sin offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
- sentence
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
Exegesis
The noun phrase ez bat-shnatah {עֵז בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ | ʿēz baṯ-šnā-tā́h} ‘goat of her year’ expresses a one-year-old female goat in construct, and the preposition le- with chatat {לְחַטָּאת | le-ḥat-tā́t} ‘sin offering’ indicates the offering’s purpose. The shift from Hebrew VSO to English SVO preserves the legal protasis–apodosis while maintaining the condition’s force.
Root and etymology
ח־ט־א
“to miss, to sin”
In context — Numbers 15:27
And if a soul sins unintentionally, then that person shall bring near a female goat a year old for a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:27, so the Hebrew word לְחַטָּֽאת׃ (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 Num.15.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.27.W8.S1) and character.