Original Language Studio
Numbers 8:21
“And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.” (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
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּֽתְחַטְּא֣וּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- 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.