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חֻפְֿשָׁה
chuph.shah
H2668
H:N-F Hebrew

freedom

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chuph.shah denotes a woman's state of release in the legal circumstance described in Leviticus 19:20.

The term denotes the state of release that the woman in Leviticus 19:20 has not received within the verse's stated legal circumstance.

Senses in use

  1. A woman's unreleased status · dominant

    In Leviticus 19:20, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause stating that release has not been given to a maidservant betrothed to a man. The APB renders the verse with “freedom has not been given to her” and later says that “she was not freed.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Leviticus 19:20, the APB presents the clause as “freedom has not been given to her,” then restates the circumstance as “she was not freed.” These phrases describe the verse's presentation rather than establish separate senses.

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