חָקָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2707
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
cut in tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חָקָה: vb. Pu. cut in, carve tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. only Pu. cut in, carve (NH represent, imitate; ‖ חקק)— Pt. מְחֻקֶּה 1 K 6:35; Ez 8:10 + 23:14 (Co מְחֻקִּים, after 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 𝔙), carved figure on wall Ez 8:10; 23:14 (where read אנשׁים מחקים, v. supr.) = subst. carved work 1 K 6:35 (on doors of temple). Impf. 2 ms. על־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה Jb 13:27 thou gravest thee a graving (= markest a line) for (i.e. about) the soles of my feet, fixest limits for them (v. Di).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [was] carved (1); [work] (1); of a carved [thing] (1).
In the verses
וְקָלַ֤ע כְּרוּבִים֙ וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת וּפְטֻרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים וְצִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֔ב מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר עַל־הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃
Word for word: and he.carved cherubim and palm.trees and spread.out.[things] of.blossoms and he.overlaid gold made.smooth on the.carved [work]
JPS 1917: And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם בַּסַּ֨ד ׀ רַגְלַ֗י וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָ֑י עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י רַ֝גְלַ֗י תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃
Word for word: and you.put in the stock[s] feet my and you.watch all paths my on the.roots my.feet my you.make.a.mark
JPS 1917: Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;
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