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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic خِطْء (ḵiṭʔ, “sin”) and Biblical Hebrew חֵטְא (ḥeṭʾ, “sin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ḫīṭum m (construct state ḫīt or ḫīti, plural ḫīṭū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- error, fault, lack, defect
- damage, harm
- crime, offence, sin, penalty
- negligence
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References
- “ḫīṭu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ḫīṭu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns