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חָטָא 238 verb miss (a goal or way), 
go wrong, sin (Late Hebrew 
id.; Aramaic 
חֲטָא aXjo Assyrian 
ḫâṭû. Zim
BP 46; Sabean 
חֿטא, 
החֿטא id., DHM in MV; Arabic 
جَطِئَ do wrong, commit a mistake or 
an error; II. 
make to miss the mark; IV. 
miss the mark, miss the way; Ethiopic 
ኀፕአ፡ fail to find or 
have; sometimes 
sin, especially in derivatives) — 
Qal Perfect ח׳ Exodus 32:31 + 
29 times, 
3rd person feminine singular חָֽטְאָה Leviticus 5:15; 
Lamentations 1:8, 
חָטָֽאָה Jeremiah 50:14; 
Ezekiel 16:15, 
חָטָאת Exodus 5:16, etc., + 
82 times Perfect; 
Imperfect יֶחֱטָא Leviticus 4:3 + 
12 times, 
תֶּחֱטָ֫אוּ Exodus 20:20; 
Psalm 4:5, etc. + 
20 times Imperfect; 
Infinitive חֲטֹא Ezekiel 3:21 + 
8 times, 
מֵחֲטוֺא Psalm 39:2, 
מֵחֲטוֺ (text error for 
מחטא) 
Genesis 20:6, 
בְּחֶטְאָה Numbers 15:28, 
חֲטאֹתוֺ Ezekiel 33:12 (strike out Co); 
Participle חוֺטֵא Proverbs 13:22 + 
6 times, 
חֹטֵא Isaiah 1:4; 
Ecclesiastes 9:2, 
חוֺטֶא Isaiah 65:20 + 
2 times, 
חֹטֶא Ecclesiastes 8:12, suffix 
חֹטְאִי Proverbs 8:36, plural 
חֹטִ֯אֿים 1 Samuel 14:33, suffix 
חֹטֵאת Ezekiel 18:4, 
20; — 
    1. miss: לא תחטא thou shalt not miss anything Job 5:24, 
אָץ בְּרַגְּלַיִם חוֺטֵא Proverbs 19:2 one hastening with his feet misseth (the way or the goal); 
חֹטְאִי חֹמֵסנַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 8:36 the one missing me (Wisdom) 
is one wronging himself (opposed to 
מֹצְאִי); 
miss, i.e. 
endanger, one's life 
Proverbs 20:2; 
Habakkuk 2:10 according to De VB (others below 
3 which see).
 
    2. sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty:
    b. elsewhere always 
against God, absolute 
Exodus 20:20 (E), 
Exodus 9:34 (J) 
Joshua 7:11 (D) 
Leviticus 4:3; 
Leviticus 5:1, 
11, 
17 (twice in verse); Leviticus 5:21; Leviticus 5:23; 
Numbers 16:22 (P), 
Nehemiah 6:13; 
Job 1:5, 
22; 
Job 7:20; 
Job 10:14; 
Job 24:19; 
Job 35:6; 
Psalm 4:5; 
Psalm 78:32; 
Isaiah 43:27; 
Isaiah 64:4; 
Jeremiah 2:35; 
Lamentations 5:7; 
Ezekiel 3:21 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 16:51; 
Ezekiel 28:16; 
Ezekiel 33:12; 
Hosea 8:11 (strike out We 
Kl. Proph.) 
Hosea 8:11; 
Hosea 10:9; 
Hosea 13:2; 
לא נתתי לחטא חכי I have not permitted my palate to sin Job 31:30; 
Participle חֹטֵא, used as adjective, sinful nation 
Isaiah 1:4; sinful person 
Ezekiel 18:4, 
20; but usually as noun, 
sinner Proverbs 11:31; 
Proverbs 13:22; 
Proverbs 14:21; 
Ecclesiastes 2:26; 
Ecclesiastes 7:26; 
Ecclesiastes 8:12; 
Ecclesiastes 9:2, 
18; 
Isaiah 65:20. Sin is confessed: 
חָטָאנוּ we have sinned Numbers 14:40; 
Numbers 21:7 (E) 
Judges 10:15; 
1 Samuel 12:10; 
1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; 
Nehemiah 1:6; 
Psalm 106:6; 
Lamentations 5:16; 
Daniel 9:5, 
15; 
חטאתי I have sinned Exodus 9:27; 
Numbers 22:34 (J) 
1 Samuel 15:24, 
30; 
2 Samuel 24:10, 
17; 
1 Chronicles 21:8, 
17; 
Job 33:27. Sin is universal: 
אין אדם אשׁר לא יחטא there is no man who sinneth not 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36, 
כי אדם אין צדיק בארץ אשׁר יעשׂה טוב ולא יחטא Ecclesiastes 7:20 for man there is none righteous in the earth who doeth good and sinneth not; with 
לְ, against God 
Genesis 20:6 (E), 
Genesis 39:9 (J), 
Exodus 32:33; 
Numbers 32:33 (both J E), 
Deuteronomy 9:16; 
Deuteronomy 20:18; 
1 Samuel 2:25; 
1 Samuel 12:23; 
1 Samuel 14:33, 
34; 
1 Kings 8:33, 
35, 
46, 
50 2 Chronicles 6:24, 
26, 
36, 
39; 
2 Kings 17:7; 
Hosea 4:7; 
Micah 7:9; 
Zephaniah 1:17; 
Jeremiah 40:3; 
Jeremiah 44:23; 
Jeremiah 50:7, 
14; 
Ezekiel 14:13; 
Isaiah 42:24; 
Job 8:4; 
Psalm 78:17; 
Psalm 119:11; 
Nehemiah 1:6; in confession 
חטאתי ל Exodus 10:16; 
Joshua 7:20 (J), 
2 Samuel 12:13 Psalm 41:5; 
Psalm 51:6; 
חטאנו ל Deuteronomy 1:41; 
Judges 10:10; 
1 Samuel 7:6; 
Jeremiah 3:25; 
Jeremiah 8:14; 
Jeremiah 14:7, 
20; 
Daniel 9:8, 
11; with 
בְּ of instrument, lips 
Job 2:10, tongue 
Psalm 39:2; wherein 
Ezekiel 37:23; 
Leviticus 4:23 (P), therein Leviticus 5:22 (P); ellipsis of 
בְּ in pharse 
לי עונם אשׁר ח׳ (
their) 
iniquity wherein they sinned against me Jeremiah 33:8 (twice in verse); 
בשׁגגה by error, unwittingly Leviticus 4:2, 
22, 
27; 
Leviticus 5:15; 
Numbers 15:27, 
28 (all P); 
against thy judgements 
Nehemiah 9:29; with 
עַל with regard to Leviticus 5:5; 
Numbers 6:11(P) 
Nehemiah 13:26; with cognate accusative 
חֲטָאָה ח׳ Exodus 32:30, 
31 (JE); 
חַטָּאת אשׁר ח׳ Numbers 12:11(J) 
Leviticus 4:3, 
28 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 4:35; 
Leviticus 5:6, 
10, 
13 (all P) 
Leviticus 19:22 (twice in verse) (H), 
Deuteronomy 9:18; 
1 Kings 14:16, 
22; 
1 Kings 15:30; 
1 Kings 16:13, 
19; 
2 Kings 21:17; 
Ezekiel 18:24; 
Ezekiel 33:16; 
ל חטאת אשׁר ח׳ Jeremiah 16:10; 
Nehemiah 1:6; 
על חטאת אשׁר ח׳ Leviticus 4:14 (P); 
חֵטְא ח׳ Lamentations 1:8; 
חֵטְא אשׁר ח׳ Deuteronomy 19:15.
 
    3. incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit: וחטאתי לך כל הימים Genesis 43:9 I shall incur the blame of sinning against thee all my days, compare 
Genesis 44:32 (J); with accusative 
חוֺטֵא נפשׁ for feiting oneself, one's life Proverbs 20:2; 
Habakkuk 2:10 according to most, yet see below 
1 — 
והביא אשׁמו אשׁר ח׳ Leviticus 5:7 he shall bring his trespass-offering which he has incurred by sin; 
קרבנו אשׁר ח׳ Leviticus 5:11; 
מןהֿקדשׁ את אשׁר ח׳ ישׁלּם Leviticus 5:16 what he hath incurred by taking of the holy thing he shall pay.
 
Pi. Perfect חִטֵּא Leviticus 14:52; suffix 
חִטְּאוֺ Numbers 19:19, 
חִטֵּאתָ Exodus 29:36 + 
2 times; 
3rd person plural חִטְּאוּ Ezekiel 43:22 (twice in verse); 
Imperfect יַיְחַטֵּא Leviticus 8:15; suffix 
וַיְהַטְּאֵהוּ Leviticus 9:15, 
תְּחַטְּאֵנִי Psalm 51:9, 
אֲחַטֶּנָּה Genesis 31:39, 
וַיְחַטְּאוּ 2 Chronicles 29:24; 
Infinitive חַטֵּא Leviticus 14:49; 
Ezekiel 43:23; 
Participle הִמְחַטֵּא Leviticus 6:19; — 
    1. bear loss: אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה I bare the loss of it Genesis 31:39 (E; lit 
I let it be missing ? possibly read 
אֲחֻטּנה I was made to miss it ?).
 
    4. purity from uncleanness: the house of the leper by application of the mixture of living water and blood of the bird 
Leviticus 14:49, 
52 (P); a person, by application of then mixture of living water and ashes of the red heifer 
Numbers 19:19 (P), by sprinkling with a hyssop spring 
Psalm 51:9.
 
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱטִיא 1 Kings 14:16 + 
17 times, 
הֶחֶטִ֯י (Kt error for 
החטִיא) 
2 Kings 13:6; suffix 
הֶחֱטִיאָם 2 Kings 17:21; plural 
הֶחֱטִיאוּ 1 Kings 16:13; 
Nehemiah 13:26; 
Imperfect יַחֲטִא Judges 20:16; 
2 Kings 21:11; 
תַּחֲטִיא Deuteronomy 24:4; 
וַתַּחֲטִא 1 Kings 16:2; 
1 Kings 21:22; plural 
יַחֲטִיאוּ Exodus 23:33; 
Infinitive הַחֲטִיא Ecclesiastes 5:5; 
1 Kings 16:19; 
Jeremiah 32:35 (Qr), 
הַחֲ֯טִי Jeremiah 32:35 (Kt error); 
Participle plural construct 
מַחֲטִיאֵי Isaiah 29:21; — 
    1. miss the mark: קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶלהַֿשַּׂעְרָה וְלֹא יַחֲטִא Judges 20:16 slinging with stones at an hair and would not miss.
 
    2. induce or 
cause to sin: with accusative 
Exodus 23:33(JE), 
Nehemiah 13:26; elsewhere in the phrase 
החטיא את ישׂראל (
he) 
caused Israel to sin 1 Kings 14:16; 
1 Kings 15:26, 
30, 
34; 
1 Kings 16:2, 
13, 
19, 
26; 
1 Kings 21:22; 
1 Kings 22:53; 
2 Kings 3:3; 
2 Kings 10:29, 
31; 
2 Kings 13:2, 
6, 
11; 
2 Kings 14:24; 
2 Kings 15:9, 
18, 
24, 
28; 
2 Kings 23:15; with suffix reference to Israel 
2 Kings 17:21; 
את יהודה 2 Kings 21:11, 
16; 
Jeremiah 32:35 (sometimes with 2nd accusative — 
חטאת, or 
אשׁר reference to 
חטאת : — 
1 Kings 15:26, 
34; 
1 Kings 16:26; 
2 Kings 17:21; 
2 Kings 21:16; peob. also 
1 Kings 14:16; 
1 Kings 15:30; 
1 Kings 16:13; no 2nd accusative 
1 Kings 16:2, 
19; 
1 Kings 21:22; 
1 Kings 22:53; 
2 Kings 21:11; 
2 Kings 23:15; 
Jeremiah 32:35; the rest are ambiguous).
 
    3. bring into guilt, condemnation, punishment: מחטיאי אדם Isaiah 29:21 who bring a man into condemnation; 
לא תחטיא את הארץ Deuteronomy 24:4 thou shalt not bring the land into guilt; 
אל תתן אתפֿיך לחטיא אתבֿשׂרך Ecclesiastes 5:4 do not permit thy mouth to bring thy flesh into punishment.
 
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְחַטָּא Numbers 19:12 + 
4 times, 
יִתְחַטְּאוּ Numbers 8:21; 
יִתְחַטָּ֑אוּ Job 41:17, 
תִּתְחַטְּאוּ Numbers 31:19, 
תִּתְחַטָּ֑אוּ Numbers 31:20; — 
    1. miss oneself, lose oneself, figurative for 
be bewildered, beside oneself, 
מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּאוּ Job 41:17 by reason of consternation they are beside themselves (|| 
יגורו are afraid).
 
    2. purity oneself from uncleanness, only in P:
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