חקק

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ק־ק (kh-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

חָקַק • (khakák) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶחְקַק)

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

Related terms

• (noun) חוק / חֹק (“law, statue; rule”)
• (transitive) חוֹקֵק (“to legislate; flowery: to engrave, etch; flowery: to ingrain, imprint”)
• (intransitive) חוקק / חֻקַק (“to be legislated”)
• (intransitive) נֶחְקַק (nékh'kák, “to be legislated; to be engraved, etched”)