Zechariah 13:1:10Zech.13.1.W10TAB
לְחַטַּ֖את
lekhataat
“for sin”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-TAAT
- Extended
- leh-khah-TAAT
- IPA
- /ləħatˈtˤaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-TAAT
- clause
le-kha-TAAT u-le-nid-DA
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-H ma-KOR nif-TAKH le-VET da-VID u-le-yo-sha-VE ye-ru-sha-LIM le-kha-TAAT u-le-nid-DA
Root and etymology
Rootḥet–tet–aleph
“to miss the mark”
In context — Zechariah 13:1
On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for impurity .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 13:1, so the Hebrew word לְחַטַּ֖את (lekhataat) 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 Zech.13.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.1.W10.S1) and character.