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# חָקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2707

**cut in** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

cut in [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2707/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָקָה: vb. Pu. cut in, carve [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2707/#m2)

**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

[1 Kings 6:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.35/#tree)

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.

[Job 13:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.27/#tree)

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;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2707.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2707/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).