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Psalms 32:5

“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâh · khat-taw-aw'
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
  • חַטָּאתִ֨ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
  • י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcfsc/Sp1cs
Usage
Occurs 299 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:7Genesis 18:20Genesis 31:36Genesis 50:17Exodus 10:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.