Numbers 18:32:3Num.18.32.W3TAB
חֵ֔טְא
khet
“sin”
- Transliteration
- KHET
- Extended
- KHEET
- IPA
- /xeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- sin
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
- clause
ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu
- sentence
ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu
Root and etymology
RootChet-Tet-Aleph
“to miss the mark, sin”
In context — Numbers 18:32
You shall not bear sin when you lift up its best part ; nor shall you profane the holy things of the Israelites, and you shall not die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 18:32, so the Hebrew word חֵ֔טְא (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.18.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.32.W3.S1) and character.