חָטָא

chata

khah-TAH

to miss the mark, to sin

Where it comes from

The plain sense is missing a target — Judges uses it of slingers who could hit a hair and not miss. Sin in Hebrew is aimed at something and falling short of it.

Genesis 4:7

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

This is day 51 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.