חָקַק (ḥāqaq) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning cut in. It appears
19 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2710).
Also rendered
to decree
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 728)
Range of meaning (TWOT 728)cut in, inscribe, decree; upon, engrave, trace, mark out; enact, prescriber, commander, commander’s staff; that which is decreed; inscribed; hack, be a scribe, cut, prescribe; appoint, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָקַקverb: 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
Poelinscribe (as a law), enact (poetic)
a.prescriber of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander
b.commander’s staff
Pualthat which is decreed
Hophalinscribed
Strong's H2710חָקַק: properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe KJV:appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.