Hebrew · H2399, H4941, H4194

חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת

A crime or its penalty · properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law , individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice , including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style · death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin

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חֵטְא H2399 a crime or its penalty
Pronunciation ḥēṭĕʾ
Sin as both transgression and its inescapable consequence; moral violation inherently carries divine penalty
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מִשְׁפָּט H4941 properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law , individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice , including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
Pronunciation mišpāṭ
Judicial decision encompassing verdict, law, and justice; God's decisive rulings establish cosmic and moral order.
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מָוֶת H4194 death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin
Pronunciation mavet
Death as ultimate enemy and boundary: encompasses natural mortality, violent end, and the abode of the dead as theological threat to covenant life
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What does חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת (chet mishpat-maveth) mean in the Bible?

חֵטְא · מִשְׁפָּט · מָוֶת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a crime or its penalty".

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Meaning

a crime or its penalty
Word Origins

חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת is built from this root:

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