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title: חַטָּאָה — sinful thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַטָּאָה (2402), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sinful thing. BDB 1906: n.f. sinful thing, sin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַטָּאָה

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«חַטָּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sinful thing** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2402 · **BDB:** חַטָּאָה

### Glosses

sin (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sinful thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2402/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sinful thing, sin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2402/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sinful thing, sin, Ex 34:7 (JE) Is 5:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַטָּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2402/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.18/)

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ה֛וֹי מֹשְׁכֵ֥י הֶֽעָוֺ֖ן בְּחַבְלֵ֣י הַשָּׁ֑וְא וְכַעֲב֥וֹת הָעֲגָלָ֖ה חַטָּאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[those.who\].draw.along (of \[the\].iniquity with.(the) cords of.(the) emptiness and like the.rope of.(the) cart sin

*JPS 1917:* Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,

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[Exodus 34:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.7/)

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נֹצֵ֥ר חֶ֙סֶד֙ לָאֲלָפִ֔ים נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֛ן וָפֶ֖שַׁע וְחַטָּאָ֑ה וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֣ד ׀ עֲוֺ֣ן אָב֗וֹת עַל־בָּנִים֙ וְעַל־בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* maintaining covenant.loyalty to (the) thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin and certainly.(leave.unpunished) not he.leaves.unpunished visiting \[the\].iniquity of.parents on \[the\].children and on \[the\].children of.children on a.third.generation and on a.fourth.generation

*JPS 1917:* keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and unto the fourth generation.'

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