This Aramaic term appears in Ezra 6:17 where the returned exiles offer sacrifices at the dedication of the rebuilt temple. The word is the Aramaic equivalent of the common Hebrew חַטָּאת (sin-offering), reflecting the bilingual nature of Ezra-Nehemiah. The Ketiv reads חַטָּיָא while the Qere offers חַטָּאָה, both functioning as loan-words from the sacrificial vocabulary that transcends linguistic boundaries in Second Temple worship contexts.