חׇפְשִׁיchophshîy

Meanings

Same root

• חָפַשׁchâphash · H2666to spread loose; figuratively, to manumit

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.
• Exodus 21:5 But the slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free.’
• Exodus 21:26 “If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
• Exodus 21:27 And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
• Deuteronomy 15:12 “If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.
• Deuteronomy 15:13 “When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.