Aramaic word · H2408

חֲטָי

vachatayakh

sin

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

sin

Aramaic of chet (חֵטְא "sin" H2399)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 4:27 וַחֲטָאָךְ֙ and sin your

    Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

    Here: 'And your sin.' This is a common Semitic word for failing or doing wrong, used only here in Biblical Aramaic. It comes first in its clause for emphasis: 'your sin—by righteousness tear it away.'

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.