חָפַשׁ (b. h.) [to be white, cmp. Arab.ḥafaš decorticare, cmp. חֲפַר II,] to be free (cmp. חוֹר II). V. next w.
Pi. - חִיפֵּשׁ to deliver. Pesik. R. s. 8 (ref. to אֲחַפֵּשׂ, Zeph. I, 12) לא תהא קורא סמי"ך אלא שי"ן אֲחַפֵּשׁ וכ׳ read not the word with Samme but with Shin, ‘I shall deliver &c.’; Yalk. Zeph. 567.
Pu. - חוּפָּשׁ to be set free. Kerith. 11ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XIX, 20) מכלל דהוא ח׳ this implies that he (her betrothed) has been liberated, is a freedman.