The Weight of the Word

We use the word עבירה for sin. Looking deeper, what do we discover hidden in this word?

The word עבירה, sin, comes from the root עבר, to cross over, because with sinning, one crosses over the line between good and evil.

Another explanation is based on what the Yesod V’shoresh Ha’vodah teaches: The main Yetzer Hara is to get one to despair after the sin. Now let us take a look at the עבירה again. We now see it is rooted in the word עבר, past, since after one sins, the evil inclination gets one to think of his past sins, causing him to despair. It has been pointed out that עבירה sounds similar to the English word over, as the Yetzer Hara gets one to think of his past sins, thinking that it is all over, so give up.