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חטא

חטא

Aramaic

Noun

חטא (transliteration needed) f pl (singular חטתא)

  1. wheat

Pronunciation 2

Verb

חטא (transliteration needed)

  1. to sin

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ט־א

From the 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.
  2. (law) misdemeanor

Declension

Noun

חַטָּא (khatá) m

  1. sinner; one who transgresses or has transgressed.