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# חַטָּא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2400

**sinful** — used 19 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

sinful [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חַטָּא: adj. n.m. sinful sinners adj. n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.m. 1. sinful, 2. sinners—as adj.f. חַטָּאָה Am 9:8, elsewhere only pl. חַטָּאִים Nu 32:14 + 15 times; cstr. חַטָּאֵי Am 9:10; sf. חַטָּאֶיהָ Is 13:9;— adj. sinful men Nu 32:14 (J), kingdom Am 9:8. exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders 1 K 1:21 (cf. Hiph. Pt. Is 29:21). Elsewhere n.m. sinners Nu 17:3 (P), 1 S 15:18 Am 9:10 Is 1:28; 13:9; 33:14 ψ 1:1, 5; 25:8; 26:9; 51:15; 104:35 Pr 1:10; 13:21; 23:17; ח׳ ליהוה sinners against י׳ Gn 13:13 (J).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sinners (12); sinful (3); the sinners (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 1:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.10/#tree)

בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* my.son my if they will.entice.you sinners do.not be.willing

*JPS 1917:* My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

[Proverbs 13:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.21/#tree)

חַ֭טָּאִים תְּרַדֵּ֣ף רָעָ֑ה וְאֶת־צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים יְשַׁלֶּם־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* sinners it.pursues calamity and (et) righteous.\[people\] it.rewards good

*JPS 1917:* Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2400.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2400/): 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).