חָקַקchâqaq
cut in, inscribe, decree
Pronunciation: khaw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2710
Meanings
Qal
1. cut in (Isaiah 22:16)
2. cut in or on, upon, engrave, inscribe (Isaiah 30:8; Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 23:14)
3. trace, mark out (Proverbs 8:27; Proverbs 8:29)
4. of a law, engrave, inscribe (on a tablet), figurative for enact, decree (Isaiah 10:1; Judges 5:9; Judges 5:14)
Po`el: inscribe (as a law), enact (poetry) (Proverbs 8:15; Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18)
a. prescriber (Deuteronomy 33:21; Judges 5:14; Isaiah 33:22)
b. commander's staff (Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Psalms 60:9)
Pu`al: that which is decreed (Proverbs 31:5)
Hoph`al: inscribed (Job 19:23)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.
- Numbers 21:18 Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,
- Deuteronomy 33:21 The people of Gad took the best land for themselves; a leader’s share was assigned to them. When the leaders of the people were assembled, they carried out the Lord’s justice and obeyed his regulations for Israel.”
- Judges 5:9 My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with those who volunteered for war. Praise the Lord!
- Judges 5:14 They came down from Ephraim— a land that once belonged to the Amalekites; they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops. From Makir the commanders marched down; from Zebulun came those who carry a commander’s staff.
- Job 19:23 “Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).