Original: חָקַק

Transliteration: châqaq

Phonetic: khaw-kak'

Short Definition: Appoint

Original: חקק

Transliteration: châqaq

Phonetic: khaw-kak'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 728

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2706, H2708, H2711, H2712