חופשי

• חָפְשִׁי‎ (defective spelling)

Derived from the root ח־פ־שׁ‎ (ḥ-p-ś), mainly know for חִיפֵּשׂ‎ (khipés, “to look for, to search for, to seek”).

חופשי \ חָפְשִׁי • (khofshí) (feminine חופשית \ חָפְשִׁית‎, masculine plural חופשים \ חָפְשִׁים‎ or חופשיים \ חָפְשִׁיִּים‎, feminine plural חופשיות \ חָפְשִׁיּוֹת‎)

1. free (not imprisoned)
2. free, gratis (free of charge)

• The alternative feminine singular form חָפְשִׁיָּה‎ (khofshiyá) is grammatical and also in use.[1]
• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו‎) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word. In informal Hebrew this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.

• H2670 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• “חפשי‎” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

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