חטא (chata) — pictograph word study

חטא

Meaning: sin, miss the mark, offend

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

ט Tet — value 9
Hidden goodness; the vessel; nine — months of pregnancy, goodness carried unseen before it is born letter page →

א Alef — value 1
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →

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