Psalm 51/Notes/Lexical.v. 7.475140

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חֵטְא (also v. 11) can mean "sin" like its more common and cognate synonym חַטָּאת (see vv. 4, 5), but חֵטְא also often has the nuance "(state of) sin," emphasizing the culpability or "guilt" incurred by sin.[1]

  1. HALOT, SDBH.