Ḥ R R names the unbound life: free, owing labor to no master. In the ancient world, freedom was a legal condition visible in your life. The corpus places it beside slavery and taxes, then John 8 makes that condition inward and lived: liberty conferred by the Son, worked in you by truth.
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ḥire | adjective, m. pl. | ḥiʾre | חארא ܚܺܐܪܶܐ | free | free, set free (Mt 17:26; Jn 8:33, 36) |
| ḥerruta | abstract noun | ḥerrutā | חארותא ܚܺܐܪܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ | freedom, liberty | scaffold form: standard Aramaic, not in this corpus's glossary |
| ḥarta | noun, f. | ḥartā | חרתא ܚܰܪܬ݂ܳܐ | end; at last | the end (14×, e.g. Mt 24:13); see note below |
An honesty note on ḥarta. The glossary groups ḥarta, "the end," under this letter-shape, and it earns its place in the tier: "But whoever holds out to the end, this one will live" (Matthew 24:13, lḥartā). But standard lexica derive it from the neighboring root meaning "to be behind, last," a look-alike, not a child of freedom. We keep the two side by side without pretending they are one family.
| Stem | Form | Sense | In this corpus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peal | — | — | not attested |
| Ethpeel | — | — | not attested |
| Pael | ḥarrar | to set free | scaffold form; the freeing shape of the root in standard Aramaic |
| Ethpaal | etḥarrar | to be set free | scaffold form |
| Aphel | — | — | not attested |
| Ettaphal | — | — | not attested |
Name one hidden chain: a grievance rehearsed, approval repeatedly sought, a habit obeyed. For one hour, walk as though its claim on you has been dissolved.
Say ḥire, free: receive it as a changed condition, not a passing mood.