וְחַטַּאת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְחַטַּאת֙

   ve-kha-TAAT

   and sin or punishment
2. clause🔊 וְחַטַּאת֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יַֽעֲל֔וּ לָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   ve-kha-TAAT KAL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG ET-khag ha-su-KOT

   and sin or punishment all the nations who or which not they will go up to keep feast {direct object marker} the feast the booths
3. sentence🔊 זֹ֥את תִּהְיֶ֖ה חַטַּ֣את מִצְרָ֑יִם וְחַטַּאת֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יַֽעֲל֔וּ לָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   ZOT tih-he-YE kha-TAAT mits-ra-YIM ve-kha-TAAT KAL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG ET-khag ha-su-KOT

   this will be sin or punishment Egypt and sin or punishment all the nations who or which not they will go up to keep feast {direct object marker} the feast the booths

Exegesis

A construct chain links chattat {חַטַּאת | ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ} to mitsrayim {מִצְרָיִם | miṣ·rā·yim} and kol-hagoyim {כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם | kāl·ha·gô·yim} in distributive parallelism.

The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăš·šer} plus the negator lo {לֹא | lō’} modifies the second member, and the infinitive laḥōg {לָחֹג | la·ḥôg} with the object marker ’et {אֶת־ | ’eṯ} governs ḥag hasukkot {חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת | ḥag ha·suk·kôt}, marking ritual participation. The parallel structure underscores equal judgment on Egypt and any nations that fail to ascend for the feast.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ט־אḥ-t-ʾ

“to miss the mark”

• 🔊 חֵטְאḥeṭ·ʾāsinGenesis 4:7
• 🔊 חִטַּאתḥit·tāṯsin offeringLeviticus 4:3