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