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title: חׇפְשִׁית — freedom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇפְשִׁית (2669), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: freedom. BDB 1906: n.f. freedom, separateness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇפְשִׁית

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«חׇפְשִׁית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **freedom** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2669 · **BDB:** חָפְשִׁית

### Glosses

separateness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

freedom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. freedom, separateness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. freedom, separateness, only בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית 2 K 15:5 = 2 Ch 26:21 Qr (Kt החפשׁות) i.e. (si vera l.) a separate house—a house apart (on account of his disease).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חׇפְשִׁית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.5/)

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וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיְהִ֤י מְצֹרָע֙ עַד־י֣וֹם מֹת֔וֹ וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּבֵ֣ית הַחָפְשִׁ֑ית וְיוֹתָ֤ם בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־הַבַּ֔יִת שֹׁפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.struck Yahweh (et) the king and he.was \[one.who\].had.a.skin.disease until the.day his.death his and he.dwelt in the.house of.(the) separateness and Jotham the.son of the.king \[was\].over the house \[he.was\].judging (et) the.people of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

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[2 Chronicles 26:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.21/)

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וַיְהִי֩ עֻזִּיָּ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מְצֹרָ֣ע ׀ עַד־י֣וֹם מוֹת֗וֹ וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב בֵּ֤ית הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙ מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְיוֹתָ֤ם בְּנוֹ֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁוֹפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.was Uzziah the king having.a.skin.disease until the.day his.death his and he.dwelt the.house of.(the) separateness having.a.skin.disease (dm) he.was.cut.off from the.house of.Yahweh and Jotham son his \[was\].over the.house of the.king \[he.was\].judging (et) the.people of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD; and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

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