H2710. chaqaq
[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 [8:29] (assimilated to בְּשׂוּמוֺ); חֻקָּהּ [Isa 30:8]; Participle חֹקְקִי [22:16] (archaic case ending Ges§ 90. 3 a); plural חֹקְקִים [10:1]; construct חוֺקְקֵי [Judg 5:9] (possibly Po`el = מחוקקי with מְ omitted, see Ges§ 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 [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 [8:29].
4 of a law, engrave, inscribe (on a tablet), figurative for enact, decree און חקקי חקקים [Isa 10:1] (|| עמל כתב); ישׂראל חוֺקקֵי poetic = commanders (see Po`el) [Judg 5:9] (|| מחקקים [5:14]).
Po`el Imperfect יְחוֺקְקוּ [Prov 8:15]; Participle מְחֹקֵק [Gen 49:10]; [Num 21:18]; [Deut 33:21]; suffix מְחֹקְקִי [Psa 60:9]; [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; || מַלְכֵּנוּ שֹׁפְטֵנוּ,).
b. commander's staff [Gen 49:10] (|| שֵׁבֶט), [Num 21:18] (both poetry), [Psa 60:9] = [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.