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title: חָקָה — cut in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָקָה (2707), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cut in. BDB 1906: vb. Pu. cut in, carve. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָקָה

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«חָקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut in** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2707 · **BDB:** חָקָה

### Glosses

\[was\].carved (1); \[work\] (1); of.a.carved.\[thing\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2707/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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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