חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh — an offence, and the penalty or sacrifice for it

pronounced khat-taw-aw' · Strong's H2402 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as sin.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2401; an offence, and the penalty or sacrifice for it.

chaṭṭâʼâh in each stem

Pa'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

לְחַטָּאָ֤ה Ezra 6:17 Infinitive construct

And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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