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Leviticus 14:52
“And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2398 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- חִטֵּ֣א — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 240 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:6Genesis 20:9Genesis 31:39Genesis 39:9Genesis 40:1
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 חָטָא 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.