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title: חַטָּא — sinful · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַטָּא (2400), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: sinful. BDB 1906: adj. n.m. sinful sinners adj. n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַטָּא

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«חַטָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sinful** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 2400 · **BDB:** חַטָּא

### Glosses

sinners (12); sinful (3); the.sinners (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sinful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. n.m. sinful sinners adj. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.m. 1. sinful, 2. sinners—as adj.f. חַטָּאָה Am 9:8, elsewhere only pl. חַטָּאִים Nu 32:14 + 15 times; cstr. חַטָּאֵי Am 9:10; sf. חַטָּאֶיהָ Is 13:9;— adj. sinful men Nu 32:14 (J), kingdom Am 9:8. exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders 1 K 1:21 (cf. Hiph. Pt. Is 29:21). Elsewhere n.m. sinners Nu 17:3 (P), 1 S 15:18 Am 9:10 Is 1:28; 13:9; 33:14 ψ 1:1, 5; 25:8; 26:9; 51:15; 104:35 Pr 1:10; 13:21; 23:17; ח׳ ליהוה sinners against י׳ Gn 13:13 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 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 «חַטָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.10/)

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בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* my.son my if they will.entice.you sinners do.not be.willing

*JPS 1917:* My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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[Proverbs 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.21/)

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חַ֭טָּאִים תְּרַדֵּ֣ף רָעָ֑ה וְאֶת־צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים יְשַׁלֶּם־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* sinners it.pursues calamity and (et) righteous.\[people\] it.rewards good

*JPS 1917:* Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

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