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# חׇפְשִׁית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2669

**freedom** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

freedom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָפְשִׁית: n.f. freedom, separateness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. freedom, separateness, only בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית 2 K 15:5 = 2 Ch 26:21 Qr (Kt החפשׁות) i.e. (si vera l.) a separate house—a house apart (on account of his disease).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: separateness (2).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 15:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.5/#tree)

וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיְהִ֤י מְצֹרָע֙ עַד־י֣וֹם מֹת֔וֹ וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּבֵ֣ית הַחָפְשִׁ֑ית וְיוֹתָ֤ם בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־הַבַּ֔יִת שֹׁפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.struck Yahweh (et) the king and he.was \[one.who\].had.a.skin.disease until the.day his.death his and he.dwelt in the.house of.(the) separateness and Jotham the.son of the.king \[was\].over the house \[he.was\].judging (et) the.people of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

[2 Chronicles 26:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.21/#tree)

וַיְהִי֩ עֻזִּיָּ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מְצֹרָ֣ע ׀ עַד־י֣וֹם מוֹת֗וֹ וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב בֵּ֤ית הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙ מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְיוֹתָ֤ם בְּנוֹ֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁוֹפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.was Uzziah the king having.a.skin.disease until the.day his.death his and he.dwelt the.house of.(the) separateness having.a.skin.disease (dm) he.was.cut.off from the.house of.Yahweh and Jotham son his \[was\].over the.house of the.king \[he.was\].judging (et) the.people of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD; and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2669/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).