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title: חָפַשׁ — be free · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָפַשׁ (2666), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be free. BDB 1906: vb. be free. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָפַשׁ

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«חָפַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be free** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2666 · **BDB:** חָפַשׁ

### Glosses

she.had.been.given.freedom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be free [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2666/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be free [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2666/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be free—only Pf. 3 fs. כִּי לֹא חֻפָּ֑שָׁה Lv 19:20 (H), because she was not freed (a freed-woman).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָפַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2666/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.20/)

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וְ֠אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע וְהִ֤וא שִׁפְחָה֙ נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת לְאִ֔ישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה֙ לֹ֣א נִפְדָּ֔תָה א֥וֹ חֻפְשָׁ֖ה לֹ֣א נִתַּן־לָ֑הּ בִּקֹּ֧רֶת תִּהְיֶ֛ה לֹ֥א יוּמְת֖וּ כִּי־לֹ֥א חֻפָּֽשָׁה׃

*Word for word:* and a.man (dm) he.will.lie with a.woman a.laying of.seed and she \[is\].a.female.slave intended for a.man and indeed.(be.released) not she.had.been.released or freedom not it.had.been.given to her compensation it.will.be not they.will.be.put.to.death (dm) not she.had.been.given.freedom

*JPS 1917:* And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, designated for a man, and not at all redeemed, nor was freedom given her; there shall be inquisition; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

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