חָקָה
châqâh · khaw-kaw'
to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench
- to carve
- by implication, to delineate
- also, to entrench
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carved work, portrayed, set a print.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָקָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pourtrayed2 · 50%
- upon the carved work1 · 25%
- thou settest a print1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.