chet denotes wrongdoing for which an individual or community may incur, bear, be judged, or receive mercy.

The occurrences present chet as wrongdoing attributed to individuals or communities: it may be incurred through conduct, borne as a burden or liability, connected with death or judgment, and set alongside divine mercy or removal. Singular and plural forms occur in personal, legal, communal, and worship-related clauses without showing a separate lexical sense.

1. Wrongdoing and its accountable burden · dominant

   The noun identifies conduct for which responsibility is assigned or borne. In Deuteronomy 15:9, withholding help from a needy brother may result in wrongdoing being "in you"; in Deuteronomy 24:16, each person dies for his own wrongdoing; and in Leviticus 20:20 the offenders "shall bear their sin." Plural uses extend the same category to collective conditions: Daniel 9:16 links the community's sins with Jerusalem's reproach, while Psalm 103:10 contrasts them with how God has not repaid his people.

   Deuteronomy 15:9Deuteronomy 24:16Leviticus 20:20Daniel 9:16Psalm 103:10Isaiah 53:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across clauses where its contribution is clear, the APB commonly uses "sin" or "sins," including phrases such as "bear their sin" and "our sins." Because the translation gives whole-verse renderings rather than word alignment, its contribution is less clear in verses such as 2 Kings 12:17 and Psalm 51:11.