--- title: חֵטְא — sin · The Tanakh dictionary description: חֵטְא (2399), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: sin. BDB 1906: n.m. sin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2399.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-2.md)‎ / חֵטְא‎ # חֵטְא «חֵטְא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sin** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 33 times · **Key:** 2399 · **BDB:** חֵטְא ### Glosses sin (16); sins (7); his.own (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) sin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2399/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. sin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2399/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 15:9 sin (on format. v. LagBN 142)—ח׳ Lv 19:17 + 15 times; sf. חֶטְאוֹ Lv 24:15 + 5 times, חֲטָאָו֯ La 3:39, חֶטְאָם Lv 20:20; pl. חֲטָאִים Ec 10:4; cstr. חֲטָאֵי 2 K 10:29 Ez 23:49; sf. חֲטָאַי Gn 41:9, חֲטָאָ֑י Is 38:17 ψ 51:11, חֲטָאֵינוּ Dn 9:16 ψ 103:10, חֲטָאֵיכֶם Is 1:18;— sin: against man Gn 41:9 (E) Ec 10:4. elsewhere ag. God, abs. Is 31:7 Ho 12:9; ח׳ חָטָא La 1:8 cf. Dt 19:15 2 K 10:29; ח׳ משׁפט מות sin worthy of death Dt 21:22 = ח׳ מות 22:26; with בְּ, because of, Dn 9:16; God is entreated: hide thy face from my sins ψ 51:11; and it is said in faith, thou wilt cast behind thy back all my sins Is 38:17. guilt of sin: היה חטא ב sin (the guilt of sin) come on one Dt 15:9; 23:22, 23; 24:15; בחטאו מת in his sin (guilt) die Nu 27:3 (P); אישׁ בחטאו each for his own sin Dt 24:16 + 2 K 14:16 + 2 Ch 25:4; בחטא יחמתני אמי ψ 51:7 in sin (condition of sin and guilt) my mother conceived me; אם חטאיכם כשׁנים Is 1:18 though your sins be like scarlet(in guilt); לא כחטאינו עשׂה לנו ψ 103:10 not according to our sins (their guilt) hath he done to us. punishment for sin: נשׂא ח׳ bear sin (its punishment) Lv 20:20; 24:15 (H), Nu 9:13; 18:22 (P); with עַל, bear sin because of Lv 19:17; 22:9 (H) Nu 18:32 (P); bear sins of idols (in worshipping idols) Ez 23:49; the ideal servant of Yahweh bore the sins of many Is 53:12; without נשׂא, only La 3:39 גבר על חטאו (wherefore doth) a man (complain) for the punishment of his sin? Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חֵטְא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2399/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Lamentations 3:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.39/) מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־חֲטָאָֽיו׃ס *Word for word:* why? will.he.complain a.person living a.man on sins his *JPS 1917:* Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins? [Deuteronomy 23:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.23/) וְכִ֥י תֶחְדַּ֖ל לִנְדֹּ֑ר לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃ *Word for word:* and (dm) you.will.refrain to make.a.vow not it.will.be on you sin *JPS 1917:* But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. - ← previous: [חָטָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2398.md) - next →: [חַטָּא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2400.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-2.md)