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# חֲטָאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2401

**sin** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a sin (5); of sin (1); sin (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2401.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2401/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).