Numbers 18:22:8Num.18.22.W8TAB
חֵ֖טְא
khet
“guilt”
- Transliteration
- KHEt
- Extended
- KHEHT
- IPA
- /ˈħeːtʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- guilt
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHEt
- phraseyour reading level
la-SET KHEt
- clause
la-SET KHEt la-MUT
- sentence
ve-LO-yik-re-VOO OD be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-O-HEL mo-ED la-SET KHEt la-MUT
Exegesis
The infinitive construct chain laset chet lamut {לָשֵׂ֥את חֵ֖טְא לָמֽוּת | lāśēʾeṯ ḥēṭʼ lāmûṯ} functions as a result clause, linking violation to the fatal consequence of sin.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾchet-tet-aleph
“to miss, sin”
In context — Numbers 18:22
And the sons of Israel shall not come near again to the tent of meeting , lest they bear sin and die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:22, so the Hebrew word חֵ֖טְא (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 Num.18.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.22.W8.S1) and character.