חטא

חטא

Aramaic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ħɛtˤeʔ/

Noun

חטא • (transliteration needed) f pl (singular חטתא‎)

1. wheat

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ħtˤɑʔ/

Verb

חטא • (transliteration needed)

1. to sin

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ט־א‎ (ḥ-ṭ-ʾ)

Cognate to Arabic خَطِئَ‎ (ḵaṭiʾa, “to err, to sin”).

Verb

חָטָא • (khatá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לחטוא \\ לַחֲטֹא‎, future יֶחֱטָא‎)

1. to sin, to transgress

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָטָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לחטוא / לַחֲטֹא‎ action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	חָטָאתִי‎		חָטָאנוּ‎
	second	חָטָאתָ‎	חָטָאת‎	חֲטָאתֶם‎1	חֲטָאתֶן‎1
	third	חָטָא	חָטְאָה‎	חָטְאוּ‎
present		חוֹטֵא‎	חוֹטֵאת‎	חוֹטְאִים‎	חוֹטְאוֹת‎
future	first	אֶחֱטָא‎		נֶחֱטָא‎
	second	תֶּחֱטָא‎	תֶּחֶטְאִי‎	תֶּחֶטְאוּ‎	תֶּחֱטֶאנָה‎2
	third	יֶחֱטָא‎	תֶּחֱטָא‎	יֶחֶטְאוּ‎	תֶּחֱטֶאנָה‎2
imperative		חֲטָא	חִטְאִי‎	חִטְאוּ‎	חֲטֶאנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced חָטָאתֶם‎ and חָטָאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H2398 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חֵטְא • (khet) m (plural indefinite חֲטָאִים‎, singular construct חֵטְא־, plural construct חֲטָאֵי־‎)

1. sin, transgression
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 3:9:

     ‏רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶן דּוֹסָא אוֹמֵר, כָּל שֶׁיִּרְאַת חֶטְאוֹ קוֹדֶמֶת לְחָכְמָתוֹ, חָכְמָתוֹ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת. וְכָל שֶׁחָכְמָתוֹ קוֹדֶמֶת לְיִרְאַת חֶטְאוֹ, אֵין חָכְמָתוֹ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת.‎‎

     Rabbi Chanina son of Dosa says: Anyone whose fear of sin precedes his wisdom, his wisdom endures. And anyone whose wisdom precedes his fear of sin, his wisdom does not endure.

   • Lamentations 4:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּגְדַּל עֲוֺן בַּת־עַמִּי מֵחַטַּאת סְדֹם הַהֲפוּכָה כְמוֹ־רָגַע וְלֹא־חָלוּ בָהּ יָדָיִם׃‎‎

     Va-yigdál avón bat 'ammí me-ḥataat S'dom, ha-hafukháh kh'mo rága v-lo ḥálu vah yadáyim.

     For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands fell upon her.

     # (law) misdemeanor

2. (Jewish law) an unintentional sin, done unknowingly

Declension

Declension of חֵטְא

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	חֵטְא	first	חֶטְאִי‎		חֶטְאֵנוּ‎
	definite	הַחֵטְא‎	second	חֶטְאֲךָ‎	חֶטְאֵךְ‎	חֶטְאֲכֶם‎	חֶטְאֲכֶן‎
	construct	חֵטְא־	third	חֶטְאוֹ‎	חֶטְאָהּ‎	חֶטְאָם‎	חֶטְאָן‎
plural	indefinite	חֲטָאִים‎	first	חטאיי / חֲטָאַי‎		חֲטָאֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַחֲטָאִים‎	second	חֲטָאֶיךָ‎	חטאייך / חֲטָאַיִךְ‎	חֲטָאֵיכֶם‎	חֲטָאֵיכֶן‎
	construct	חֲטָאֵי־‎	third	חֲטָאָיו‎	חֲטָאֶיהָ‎	חֲטָאֵיהֶם‎	חֲטָאֵיהֶן‎

References

• H2399 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חַטָּא • (khatá) m (plural indefinite חַטָּאִים‎) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. sinner; one who transgresses or has transgressed.
   • Psalms 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב׃‎‎

     Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

References

• H2400 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible