חָקַק
cha.qaq
“to decree”
Definition
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
a primitive root;
- to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in 1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe 1a3) to trace, mark out 1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law) 1b) (Poel) 1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree 1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle) 1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle) 1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
חָקַק appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He chose the best land for himself,because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there.He came with the leaders of the people;he administered the LORD’s justiceand His ordinances for Israel.”
The scepter will not depart from Judah,nor the staff from between his feet,until Shiloh comesand the allegiance of the nations is his.
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presenceand inscribe it on a scroll;it will be for the days to come,a witness forever and ever.
My heart is with the princes of Israel,with the volunteers among the people.Bless the LORD!
The princes dug the well;the nobles of the people hollowed it outwith their sceptersand with their staffs.”From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
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