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חקק

chaaqaq
verb
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A primitive root

a primitive root; 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 (generally) prescribe:—appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

Outline

  1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
    1. (Qal)
      1. to cut in
      2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
      3. to trace, mark out
      4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
    2. (Poel)
      1. to inscribe, enact, decree
      2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
    3. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
    4. (Hophal) to be inscribed

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