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title: חׇפְשִׁי — free · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇפְשִׁי (2670), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: free. BDB 1906: adj. free. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇפְשִׁי

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«חׇפְשִׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **free** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 2670 · **BDB:** חָפְשִׁי

### Glosses

a.free.\[person\] (5); free.\[people\] (4); \[person\] (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

free [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2670/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. free [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2670/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. free (NH id.)—ח׳ Ex 21:5 + 10 times + ψ 88:6; pl. חָפְשִׁים Is 58:6 + 4 times— free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Ex 21:2, 5 (JE), Dt 15:12, 13, 18, cf. Je 34:9, 10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Ex 21:26, 27 (JE); עֶבֶד ח׳ מֵאֲדֹנָיו Jb 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sheʾôl); but בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי ψ 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh’s remembrance); more gen., שַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים Is 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free. free from taxes, obligations, etc. אֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל 1 S 17:25 his father’s house will he make free in Israel.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חׇפְשִׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2670/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.5/)

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מִֽי־שִׁלַּ֣ח פֶּ֣רֶא חָפְשִׁ֑י וּמֹסְר֥וֹת עָ֝ר֗וֹד מִ֣י פִתֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* who? did.he.let.loose \[the\].wild.donkey free and.\[the\] fetters of.\[the\].wild.ass who? did.he.loosen

*JPS 1917:* Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

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[Job 3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.19/)

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קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* small and great \[is\].there he and a.slave \[is\].free from master(s) his

*JPS 1917:* The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.

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