Exodus 21:26:8Exod.21.26.W8TAB
לַֽחָפְשִׁ֔י
lakhofshee
“free”
- Transliteration
- la-khof-SHEE
- Extended
- lah-khof-SHEE
- IPA
- /la.ħɔf.ˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- free
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-khof-SHEE
- clause
la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
- sentence
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-chofshi {לְחָפְשִׁי | lə-ḥōp-šî} ‘to freedom’ with the Piel imperfect ye-shal-che-nu {יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ | yə-šal-che-nnû} ‘he shall let him go’ establishes the obligation to release the slave.
Root and etymology
chet-peh-shinchet-peh-shin
“to be free”
In context — Exodus 21:26
And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and ruins it, he must let him go free in compensation for his eye.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 21:26, so the Hebrew word לַֽחָפְשִׁ֔י (lakhofshee) 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 Exod.21.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.26.W8.S1) and character.