חֵטְא m. (b. h.; preced.) failure, sin. Ber. 4ᵃ שמא יגרום הח׳ perhaps sin is the cause (preventing the fulfillment of divine promise). Ib. אלא שגרם הח׳ but for sin that prevented it. Sabb. 119ᵇ, v. הֶבֶל; a. fr.—יְרֵא ח׳, יִרְאַת ח׳, v. יָרֵא a. יִרְאָה.—In Talm. Y. also חֵט. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ top; a. fr.—Pl. חֲטָאִים. Ber. 10ᵃ (ref. to חַטָּאִים, Ps. CIV, 35) מי כתיב חוֹטְאִים ח׳ כתיב does the text read ḥot’im (sinners), it may be read ḥătaim (sins). Ib. כיון דְיִתַּמּוּ ח׳ וכ׳ when sins shall cease, the wicked shall be no more. Yoma IV, 2; a. fr.
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חֵטְא m. (b. h.; preced. ) failure, sin . Ber. 4ᵃ שמא יגרום הח׳ perhaps sin is the cause (preventing the fulfillment of divine promise). Ib. אלא שגרם…
References
- Jastrow, חָטָא 1
- Berakhot 4a:15
- Berakhot 4a:18
- Shabbat 119b:10
- Jastrow, הֶבֶל 1
- Jastrow, יָרֵא 1
- Jastrow, יִרְאָה 1
- Jastrow, חֵט 1
- Berakhot 10a:2
- Psalms 104:35
- Mishnah Yoma 4:2