חׇפְשִׁי
Used: 17 times · Key: 2670 · BDB: חָפְשִׁי
Glosses
a.free.[person] (5); free.[people] (4); [person] (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
free tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adj. free tree →
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.
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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?
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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