*ḫpṯ: 'member of a lower social class; freedman, free'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḫpṯ
Meaning'member of a lower social class; freedman, free'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianḫupšu ACAD Ḫ 241–242gloss withheld
Ugariticḫpṯ; ḫpṯt (DULAT 396–397)DULAT 396–397gloss withheld
Hebrewḥopšî (HALOT 341)HALOT 341gloss withheld
Emarḫu-up-šu /ḥupθū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 78)Pentiuc 2001 78gloss withheld
Amoriteḫupṯ: ḫu-up-šum; ḫu-un-ḫu-up-še (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 267)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 267gloss withheld
Phoenicianḥpš (DNWSI 397)DNWSI 397gloss withheld

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Notes

DULAT 396 sets Akkadian ḫupšu, Emar ḫuptu 'free men, countrymen', Hebrew ḥopšî 'set free' and Phoenician ḥpš 'freedman' (DNWSI 397 apud DULAT 396) beside the Ugaritic. CAD Ḫ 241 gives the word from OA and OB on, with the Hurrian plural ḫupšena at Alalakh. HALOT 341 calls the Akkadian 'a person halfway between a serf and a freeman, often soldiers', and HALOT 342 sets Hebrew bêt haḥopšît (2K 15:5) beside Ugaritic bt ḫpṯt. Not K0742 *ḥVr- 'free'.

Updated 28 October 2026

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