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† [נָקָה] vb. be empty (?), clean (Ecclus 16:11b Niph. Impf. ינקה be unpunished, so 40:15; 31:5 = Pr 28:20; NH Pi. = BH; Aramaic נְקָא Pa. = BH, adj. נְקֵא clean; Ph. נקי adj. pure; Palm. נקא be clean (perhaps) in n.pr. SachauZMG xxxv (1881), 735 Lzb325; Assyrian nâḳû, pour out, pour libation, make offering, nikû, libation, offering; Old Aramaic נקיה perhaps = נוּקָיָה libation (Lzb326), cf. Syriac ܢܽܘܩܳܝܳܐ Cook83; Syriac ܢܰܩܺܝ Pa. pour out, make a libation; 𝔗 נְקָא Pa. = cleanse (with lye) Is 1:25; adj. נְקֵא clean of bread or fruit Gn 40:16 𝔗J i, Dt 6:3 𝔗J ii, = exempt (BH נָקִי) 1 K 15:22. on the other hand, Arabic نَقِىَ purus, mundus fuit Kam. Frey; ii. cleanse, etc., Lane3037.—Orig. meaning prob. empty out, hence pour and be empty, clean);— Qal Inf. abs. נָקֹה Je 49:12 (נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה, prob. error for הנקה ת׳, cf. Je 25:29). Niph. Pf. 3 ms. נִקָּה Zc 5:3 + 5 times; f. נִקְּתָה Nu 5:28; נִקָּ֑תָה Is 3:26; 2 ms. נִקֵּיתָ Gn 24:8; 1 s. נִקֵּיתִי Ju 15:3 + 2 times; Impf. יִנָּקֶה Pr 6:29 + 6 times; 2 ms. תִּנָּקֶה Gn 24:41 + 2 times; pl. תִּנָּקוּ Je 25:29(×2); Imv. הִנָּקִי Nu 5:19; Inf. הִנָּקֵה Je 25:29;— 1. be cleaned out, of a plundered city Is 3:26; purged out, of liars and perjurers Zc 5:3(×2). 2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent, Je 2:35 c. מִן, מִפֶּשַׁע ψ 19:14; מֵעָוֹן Nu 5:31 (P); מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים from (at the hands of) the Philistines Ju 15:3. 3. be free, exempt from punishment, abs. Ex 21:19 (E) Nu 5:28 (P) 1 S 26:9; לֹא יִנָּקֶה Pr 6:29; 11:21; 16:5; 17:5; 19:5, 9; 28:20; Je 25:29(×3) 49:12b, נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה v 12a. 4. free, exempt from obligation, c. מִן, from oaths Gn 24:8, 41 (J); מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים from effects of drinking the bitter water Nu 5:19 (P). Piel Pf. 1 s. נִקֵּיתִי Jo 4:21 (𝔊 𝔖 נִקַּמְתִּי; so Now SS Buhl); Impf. 3 ms. יְנַקֶּה Ex 20:7 + 2 times; יְנַקֵּ֑ה Nu 14:18 Na 1:3; 2 ms. sf. תְּנַקֵּנִי Jb 9:28; 10:14; תְּנַקֵּהוּ 1 K 2:9; 1 s. sf. אֲנַקֶּ֑ךָּ Je 30:11; 46:28; Imv. sf. נַקֵּנִי ψ 19:13; Inf. abs. נַקֵּה Ex 34:7 + 4 times;— 1. hold innocent, acquit, Jb 9:28; מֵעֲוֹנִי Jb 10:14; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת ψ 19:13. 2. leave unpunished: of man, c. acc. 1 K 2:9; elsewhere of God: abs. נַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה Ex 34:7(×2) = Nu 14:18(×2) (all J) = Na 1:3(×2); c. acc. לֹא יְנַקֶּה Ex 20:7 = Dt 5:11; נַקֵּה לֹא אֲנַקֶּךָּ Je 30:11(×2) = 46:28(×2), cf. Jo 4:21(×2) (but v. supr.).

† נָקִי adj. clean, free from, exempt;—נ׳ Gn 24:41 + 31 times; cstr. נְקִי ψ 24:4; pl. נְקִיִּים Je 2:34; נְקִיִּם Gn 44:10 + 6 times;— 1. free from guilt, clean, innocent, ‖ צַדִּיק: נָקִי וְצַדִּיק Ex 23:7 (E), נָקִי innocent person Jb 4:7; 17:8; 22:19, 30; 27:17 ψ 10:8; 15:5; Pr 1:11; נקיים Jb 9:23; דם נקי innocent blood, first used in D, Dt 19:10; 27:25; 1 S 19:5; 2 K 21:16; 24:4 ψ 94:21; 106:38; Pr 6:17; Is 59:7; Je 7:6; 22:3; 26:15; דם הנקי Dt 19:13 2 K 24:4 Je 22:17; הדם הנקי Dt 21:9; דם נקיים Je 19:4; נָקִי מִדְּמֵי 2 S 3:28 (+ מֵעִם י׳); נְקִי כַפַּיִם ψ 24:4; אביונים נקיים Je 2:34. 2. free from punishment Ex 21:28 (E) 2 S 14:9. 3. free, exempt from obligations Gn 44:10 (J); from service in war Nu 32:22 (P; + מִן pers., v. מִן 2 d), Dt 24:5 1 K 15:22 (cf. Arabic نَقِىَّ and WetzstZMG xxii (1868), 129); c. מן, from oaths Gn 24:41 (J) Jos 2:17, 19, 20 (JE).

ἐλεύθερος, α, ον (ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+: later ἐλαύθερος Refs; Elean ἐλεύθαρος Refs:— free, Refs 8th c.BC+ has the word only in Refs 8th c.BC+ the day of freedom, i.e.freedom, Refs 8th c.BC+; and κρητὴρ ἐλεύθερος the cup drunk to freedom,Refs 4th c.BC+; of persons, Refs 7th c.BC+: comparative, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, Refs; τὸ ἐ. freedom, Hdt Refs, etc.; τοὐλεύθερον Refs 5th c.BC+: c.genitive, free or freed from a thing, φόνου, πημάτων, φόβου, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔξω αἰτίας ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων independent, Refs 5th c.BC+ __b ἐλευθέρα, ἡ, married woman, Refs 2nd c.AD+; wife, Refs 5th c.AD+; but, freedwoman, Refs __c free, of cities, in Roman Law, Refs 4th c.AD+ __2 of things, free, open to all, ἀγορά Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. φυλακή,= Latin libera custodia, Refs 1st c.BC+; unencumbered, of property, Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 ἐλεύθερον εἶναί τινι, with infinitive, legally permissible, open to.., Refs 5th c.BC+ __II ={ἐλευθέριος}, fit for a freeman, free, frank, φρήν Refs 5th c.BC+; βάσανοι ἐ. tortures such as might be used to a freeman, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in adverb -ρως, εἰπεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; χαίρειν.. καὶ γελᾶν ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; παιδευθεὶς ἐ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐλεύθεροι ἐλευθέρως free and like free men, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin līber, from Ital. *loufero-(cf. Osc. Refs 5th c.BC+ (e)leudh-ero-: the connexion with Slavonic liud, OHG. liut, etc. 'people' is doubtful.)

† חָפְשִׁי adj. free (NH id.)—ח׳ Ex 21:5 + 10 times + ψ 88:6; pl. חָפְשִׁים Is 58:6 + 4 times— 1. free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Ex 21:2, 5 (JE), Dt 15:12, 13, 18, cf. Je 34:9, 10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Ex 21:26, 27 (JE); עֶבֶד ח׳ מֵאֲדֹנָיו Jb 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sheʾôl); but בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי ψ 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh’s remembrance); more gen., שַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים Is 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free. 2. free from taxes, obligations, etc. אֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל 1 S 17:25 his father’s house will he make free in Israel.

† [שְׁרָא] vb. 1. loosen 2. abide (v. BH I. שׁרה);— Pe. Inf. לְמִשְׁרֵא Dn 5:16; read מִשׁ׳ also v 12, for מְשָׁ׳ (K§ 40 n. M 87* al.);—Pt. pass. שְׁרֵא (K§ 47, Beisp. f)) 2:22; pl. שְׁרַיִן 3:25;— 1. loosen: lit. pt. pass. loosed Dn 3:25 (opp. bound); fig. loosen knots, i.e. solve difficulties, 5:12, 16. 2. abide (from loosening girths, loads, at encampment; cf. 𝔗 NH [also on pt. pass.]), fig. 2:22 (עִם pers.). Pa. Pf. 3 mpl. שָׁרִיו Ezr 5:2 begin (v. BH III. [חָלַל Hiph. 2), sq. inf. Hithpa. Pt. mpl. מִשְׁתָּרַ֫יִן Dn 5:6 joints were loosened (in fear).

λῑβερτῖνος, ὁ, = Latin libertinus, freedman, NT:—also λίβερτος, = Latin libertus, Refs 2nd c.BC+