Exodus 21:5:10Exod.21.5.W10TAB
חָפְשִֽׁי׃
khafshi
“free”
- Transliteration
- khaf-SHI
- Extended
- khahf-SHEE
- IPA
- /ħaːf.ˈʃiː/
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
khaf-SHI
- clause
LO e-TSE khaf-SHI
- sentence
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR ha-E-ved a-hav-TI et-a-do-NI et-ish-TI ve-et-ba-NAI LO e-TSE khaf-SHI
Exegesis
The final clause lo etse {לֹא אֵצֵא | lō ʾē-ṣēʾ} ‘I will not go out’ with chofshi {חָפְשִׁי | ḥā-p̄ə-šī} ‘free’ expresses the servant’s deliberate refusal of emancipation, preserving the Hebrew’s protasis–apodosis structure to highlight voluntary loyalty over legal release.
Root and etymology
ח־פ־ש
“free”
In context — Exodus 21:5
But if the servant says, “I have loved my master, my wife, and my children, and I will not go out as a free man .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 21:5, so the Hebrew word חָפְשִֽׁי׃ (khafshi) 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.21.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.5.W10.S1) and character.