The meaning of “חָקַק”
Understanding châqaq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set. - properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, ...
חָקַק
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 49:10 | “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” Word: חָקַק (châqaq) | |
| Numbers 21:18 | “The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:” Word: חָקַק (châqaq) | |
| Deuteronomy 33:21 | “And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.” Word: חָקַק (châqaq) | |
| Judges 5:14 | “Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.” Word: חָקַק (châqaq) | |
| Job 19:23 | “Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!” Word: חָקַק (châqaq) |
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