Numbers 15:28:5Num.15.28.W5TAB

בְּחֶטְאָ֥ה

bekhetah

in sinning

Transliteration
be-khet-AH
Extended
beh-khet-AH
IPA
/bəħɛtˈʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
in sinning

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + חֶטְ + אָ֥ה
be + khet + ah
bekhetah

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tett — emphatic
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-khet-AH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH

  3. clause

    ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO

Exegesis

The paired adjuncts bekhetah bishgagah {בְּחֶטְאָה בִשְׁגָגָה | bə-ḥeṭ-’āh bi-šə-ḡā-ḡāh} denote manner, underscoring both the sinful act and its inadvertent nature.

In contextNumbers 15:28

And the priest shall make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally, by sinning in error before the LORD , to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven .

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:28, so the Hebrew word בְּחֶטְאָ֥ה (bekhetah) 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.15.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.28.W5.S1) and character.