Lexical Summary chophshi: free Original Word: חָפְשִׁיTransliteration: chophshi Phonetic Spelling: (khof-shee') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: free Meaning: exempt Strong's Concordance free, liberty From chaphash; exempt (from bondage, tax or care) -- free, liberty. see HEBREW chaphash Brown-Driver-Briggs H2670. chophshi חָפְשִׁי adjective free (Late Hebrew id.) — ׳ח Exodus 21:5 10t. + Psalm 88:6; plural חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 4t. — 1 free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Exodus 21:2, 5 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:12-13, 18, compare Jeremiah 34:9-10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Exodus 21:26-27, (JE); ח ׳עֶבֶד מֵאֲדֹנָיו Job 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sh®°ôl); but חָפְשִׁי בַּמֵּתִים Psalm 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh's remembrance); more Generally, חָפְשִׁים רְצוּצִים שַׁלַּח Isaiah 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free. 2 free from taxes, obligations, etc. בְּיְשְׂרָאֵל חָפְשִׁי יַעֲשֶׂה אָבִיו בֵּית אֵת 1 Samuel 17:25 his father's house will he make free in Israel. |
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