Proverbs 13:21:1Prov.13.21.W1TAB
חַ֭טָּאִים
khataim
“sinners”
- Transliteration
- kha-ta-IM
- Extended
- khah-tah-EEM
- IPA
- /ħa.tˤaˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sinners
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ta-IM
- clause
kha-ta-IM te-ra-DEF ra-A
- sentence
kha-ta-IM te-ra-DEF ra-A ve-ET-tsa-di-KIM ye-sha-LEM-TOV
Exegesis
The first clause has the pattern noun (chatta’im {חַטָּאִים | ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾim} ‘sinners’) + verb (teraddeph {תְּרַדֵּף | tə-rad-dé-p̄} ‘pursues’) + object (ra‘ah {רָעָה | rā-ʿā} ‘evil’).
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾchet–tet–aleph
“to miss, sin”
In context — Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous will be repaid with good .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 13:21, so the Hebrew word חַ֭טָּאִים (khataim) 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 Prov.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.21.W1.S1) and character.