Khay bekhet (חי בחטא) means live in sin in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חַי בְּחֵטְא
khay bekhet
verb
In English
live in sin
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khay bekhet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שמתגורר ביחד עם בן זוג, או בת זוג, מבלי שהשניים נשואים, בין אם הם זכר ונקבה ובין אם בני אותו מין.
The word Khay bekhet is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- חַי בְּחֵטְא
- Written without vowel points
- חי בחטא
- Said
- khay bekhet
- Plural
- חַיִּים בְּחֵטְא
- Feminine form
- חַיָּה בְּחֵטְא
- Inflections
- נ' חַיָּה בְּחֵטְא, ר' חַיִּים בְּחֵטְא
- Gematria
- 38
This is how Khay bekhet is said in other languages.
- English
- live in sin
These words come before and after Khay bekhet in the dictionary.
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What does Khay bekhet (חי בחטא) mean in Hebrew?
Khay bekhet (חי בחטא) means live in sin. It is said khay bekhet, with the stress on khet.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חי בחטא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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