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