Numbers 18:32:3Num.18.32.W3TAB

חֵ֔טְא

khet

sin

Transliteration
KHET
Extended
KHEET
IPA
/xeːt/

Meaning by language

English
sin

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tett — emphatic
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    KHET

  2. clause

    ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.