Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ח־ק־ק (ḥ-q-q)

From the root ח־ק־ק (kh-q-q) in the pa'al binyan. Cognate to Arabic حَقَّ (ḥaqqa, to be adequate, imperative or decreed).

Verb edit

חָקַק (khakák) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶחְקַק)

  1. to legislate
  2. to engrave, to etch
  3. to ingrain, imprint

Conjugation edit

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