Lexical Definition

‎חָקָה‎ châqâh (khaw-kaw') to engrave ^H:V
a primitive root

carved work, portrayed, set a print.

• to carve
• by implication, to delineate
• also to entrench

1) to cut, carve, cut in
1a) (Pual) carved (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to engrave, cut a limit

See Greek: ἀφικνέομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָקָה‎ verb only Pu`al cut in, carve (Late Hebrew represent, imitate; || ‎חקק‎) —

Pu`al Participle ‎מְחֻקֶּה‎ 1Kgs 6:35; Ezek 8:10 + Ezek 23:14 (Co ‎מְחֻקִּים‎, after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9), carved figure on wall Ezek 8:10; Ezek 23:14 (where read ‎אנשׁים מחקים‎, see above) = substantive carved work 1Kgs 6:35 (on doors of temple). Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎עלשָֿׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה‎ Job 13:27 thou gravest thee a graving (= markest a line) for (i.e. about) the soles of my feet, fixest limits for them (see Di).

‎חֻקָּה‎ see below ‎חקק‎. below

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