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

Root √חקק: חָקַק vb cut in inscribe decree Qal cut in cut in on upon engrave inscribe or. trace mark out , engrave inscribe of a law. Po‛el inscribe enact prescriber commander of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander’s staff (as a law),(poet.) Pu that which is decreed . Hoph inscribed .

חָקַק vb cut in inscribe decree Qal cut in cut in on upon engrave inscribe or. trace mark out , engrave inscribe of a law. Po‛el inscribe enact prescriber commander of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander’s staff (as a law),(poet.) Pu that which is decreed . Hoph inscribed .