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title: חֲטָאָה — sin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲטָאָה (2401), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: sin. BDB 1906: n.f. sin, sin-offering. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲטָאָה

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«חֲטָאָה» 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.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 2401 · **BDB:** חֲטָאָה

### Glosses

a.sin (5); of.sin (1); sin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2401/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sin, sin-offering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2401/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sin, sin-offering (?)— sin, chiefly in the phrase ח׳ גְדֹלָה great sin Gn 20:9 (E) Ex 32:21, 30, 31 (JE), 2 K 17:21; כְּסוּי ח׳ ψ 32:1 he whose sin is covered is blessed; but the prayer of the wicked becomes sin when he is judged ψ 109:7. sin-offering (according to most) עולה וחטאה ψ 40:7 whole burnt-offering and sin-offering (so Vrss Thes MV SS al., but whole burnt-offering with sin v. BrMP 329).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲטָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2401/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 32:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.1/)

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לְדָוִ֗ד מַ֫שְׂכִּ֥ילאַשְׁרֵ֥י נְֽשׂוּי־פֶּ֗שַׁע כְּס֣וּי חֲטָאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* of David a.poem how.blessed! \[is.one.who.is\].forgiven of.transgression \[is.one.who.is\].covered of.sin

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of David. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.

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[Psalms 109:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.7/)

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בְּ֭הִשָּׁ֣פְטוֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע וּ֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* when he is.judged let.him.come.forth guilty and prayer his let.it.become (into) sin

*JPS 1917:* When he is judged, let him go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

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