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

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ט־א‎ (ḥ-ṭ-ʾ)

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

Verb

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

  1. to sin, to transgress
Conjugation
References

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

Noun

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

  1. sinner; one who transgresses or has transgressed.
References

References

Verb

חִטֵּא • (khité) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חיטא‎
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