Original Language Studio
Hosea 4:8
“They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâh · khat-taw-aw'
H2403 · Hebrew
H2403 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- Derivation
- or חַטָּאת; from H2398 (חָטָא);
- KJV renderings
- punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
- Grammar
- חַטַּ֥את — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 299 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:7Genesis 18:20Genesis 31:36Genesis 50:17Exodus 10:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חַטָּאָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.