חׇפְשִׁי
choph.shi (H2670)
free
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word choph.shi (H2670) has a straightforward meaning of "free" based on its lemma. The fact that it falls under the semantic domain of "Physical Action" suggests that freedom in this context may be closely related to physical mobility or capacity for action, rather than a state or status. This word exhibits a relatively high occurrence rate in the Bible, appearing 17 times. Its range of usage is consistent across various contexts, indicating that the concept of freedom is significant and recurring in different situations. Given its frequency and consistency across different contexts, it's clear that the concept of freedom had significant importance to the ancient Hebrew community. The consistent use of the word choph.shi highlights its central role in describing the human experience, emphasizing the value placed on unrestricted action, movement, or capacity in their lives and worldviews.
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“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.
It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you; for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.
All the princes and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant go free, that no one should make bondservants of them any more. They obeyed and let them go;
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you; but your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear.
but you turned and profaned my name, and every man caused his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return. You brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.’ ”