Deuteronomy 15:13:2Deut.15.13.W2TAB
חָפְשִׁ֖י
khofshi
“free”
- Transliteration
- khof-SHI
- Extended
- khof-SHEE
- IPA
- /xafˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- free
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khof-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI-te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI
- clause
ve-KHI-te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ve-KHI-te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH LO te-shal-le-KHE-nu rei-KAM
Exegesis
The protasis is introduced by the subordinate temporal conditional vechiteshallehenu {וְכִֽי־תְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ | wə-ḵî tə-šal-le-ḥê-nû} ‘and when you send him away’, followed by the adverbial condition khofshi {חָפְשִׁ֖י | ḥā-p̄e-šî} ‘free’ and the localized phrase meimmakh {מֵֽעִמָּ֑ךְ | mē-ʿim-mā-ḵ} ‘from with you’, anchoring agency to the master.
Root and etymology
ch-p-sh
“free, liberty”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:13
And when you release him as a free person from your presence, you must not send him away empty-handed .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 15:13, so the Hebrew word חָפְשִׁ֖י (khofshi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.15.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.13.W2.S1) and character.