חטא

Aramaic

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ħɛtˁeʔ/

Noun

חטא (transliteration needed) f pl (singular חטתא)

  1. wheat

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ħtˁɑʔ/

Verb

חטא (transliteration needed)

  1. to sin

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ט־א

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

Noun

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

  1. sin, transgression
    • a. 217 CE, 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)

  1. sinner; one who transgresses or has transgressed.
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