BDB3025
חָפְשִׁי adjective free (Late Hebrew id.) — ׳ ח Exod 21:5 + 10 t. + Ps 88:6 plural חָפְשִׁים Isa 58:6 + 4 t. —
1.
free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Exod 21:2; Exod 21:5 (
J
E
), Deut
15:12;
Deut 15:13; Deut 15:18, compare Jer 34:9; Jer 34:10; Jer 34:11; Jer 34:14; Jer 34:16 of slave (male or
female) set free on account of injury done Exod 21:26; Exod 21:27 (
J
E
); מֵאֲדֹנָיו
׳
עֶבֶד ח
Job 3:19
a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sh®°ôl); but
בַּמֵּתִים
חָפְשִׁי
Ps 88:6
among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh's
remembrance); more generally, שַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים
Isa 58:6
to let oppressed ones go free.
2.
free from taxes, obligations, etc. אֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיְשְׂרָאֵל
1Sam 17:25
his father's house will he make free in Israel.