Lexical Definition

‎חָקַק‎ châqaq (khaw-kak') to decree ^H:V
a primitive root

appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

• 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

1) 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

See Greek: ἄρχων · ἀφορίζω · βασιλεύς · γράφω · διατάσσω · ἐρευνάω · ἡγέομαι · ἰσχυρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָקַק‎] verb cut in, inscribe, decree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎חֲקַק‎, Zinjirli ‎חקק‎; Phoenician id. Participle Hiph`il; Arabic be just, right, obligatory, also make or decide to be just, etc.; justness, truth, necessity, obligation; Ethiopic adjective moderate, sufficient; compare also ‎חקה‎) —

Qal ‎וְחַקּוֺתָ֫‎ Ezek 4:1 suffix ‎חַקֹּתִיךְ‎ Isa 49:16 Infinitive suffix ‎בְּחֻקּוֺ‎ Prov 8:27 ‎בְּחוּקוֺ‎ Prov 8:29 (assimilated to ‎בְּשׂוּמוֺ‎); ‎חֻקָּהּ‎ Isa 30:8 Participle ‎חֹקְקִי‎ Isa 22:16 (archaic case ending Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}. 3 a); plural ‎חֹקְקִים‎ Isa 10:1 construct ‎חוֺקְקֵי‎ Judg 5:9 (possibly Po`el = ‎מחוקקי‎ with ‎מְ‎ omitted, see Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52} (2), note 6); Participle Pass. plural ‎חֲקֻקִֿים‎ Ezek 23:14 (Co ‎חקוקים‎); —

1. cut in, with ‎בְּ‎, Isa 22:16, of a dwelling-place = tomb, in a rock.

2. cut in or on, upon, engrave, inscribe, with ‎על‎ on roll of a book Isa 30:8 representation of city on brick (as in Babylonia) Ezek 4:1 images on a wall Ezek 23:14 figurative of Zion's walls on palms of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 49:16.

3. trace, mark out, a circle, with ‎על‎ over the face of deep Prov 8:27 with accusative, foundations of earth vProv 8:29.

4. of a law, engrave, inscribe (on a tablet), figurative for enact, decree ‎חקקים חקקי און‎ Isa 10:1 (|| ‎כתב עמל‎); ‎חוֺקקֵי ישׂראל‎ poetic = commanders (see Po`el) Judg 5:9 (|| ‎מחקקים‎ vJudg 5:14). Po`el Imperfect ‎יְחוֺקְקוּ‎ Prov 8:15 Participle ‎מְחֹקֵק‎ Gen 49:10; Num 21:18; Deut 33:21 suffix ‎מְחֹקְקִי‎ Ps 60:9*; Ps 108:9* ‎מְחֹקְקֵנוּ‎ Isa 33:22 plural ‎מְחֹקְקִים‎ Judg 5:14 — inscribe (as a law), enact (poetry): with accusative ‎צֶדֶק‎ Prov 8:15 elsewhere participle
a. prescriber of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander Deut 33:21 (of warlike tribe of Gad), Judg 5:14; Isa 33:22 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎; || ‎שֹׁפְטֵנוּ‎, ‎מַלְכֵּנוּ‎).
b. commander's staff Gen 49:10 (|| ‎שֵׁבֶט‎), Num 21:18 (both poetry), Ps 60:9* = Ps 108:9*. Pu`al Participle ‎מְחֻקָּק‎ that which is decreed Prov 31:5 (late). Hoph`al Imperfect ‎יֻחָ֑קֿוּ‎ Job 19:23 inscribed in (‎בְּ‎) a book.

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