Sinned חָטָא

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Aug 23, 2025 · 4m

We are in chapter nine of Exodus with our word for today. חָטָא miss a mark, wrong, offend, sin, be culpable, bear the loss, go wrong, become liable to a penalty, be at fault, guilty. It is used 235 times in the Old Testament, 2 times in our chapter. The basic idea of our word is to miss or fall short. A good example of falling short of a target is Judges 20:16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not יַחֲטִֽא miss. We also see a good example of the idea of coming up short or lacking in Job 5:24…