חׇפְשִׁי
chophshîy · khof-shee'
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2666 (חָפַשׁ);
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: free, liberty.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to speak, the word › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
To separate and protect that works to speak, the word that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חׇפְשִׁי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- free14 · 82%
- him out free1 · 6%
- is free1 · 6%
- at liberty1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.