חפשי

חָפְשִׁי(b. h.; preced.) 1) fem. freedom. Pesik. R. s. 8 (ref. to Zeph. 1:12) מוציא אני אותה לח׳ I shall lead her out to liberty (v. preced.); a. fr. 2) masc. free, exempt. Nidd.61b, a. e. (ref. to Ps. 88:6) כיון … נעשה ח׳וכ׳ when one is dead, one is free from religious duties. Tanḥ. Emor 2 (ref. to ויתחפש, 1 Sam. 28:8) נעשה ח׳ מן המלכות divested himself of the (insignia of) government; Lev. R. s. 26 (not למלכות); Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV, v. פָּגָנִיקָא; a. fr.