Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench
KJV Usage: carved work, portrayed, set a print
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָקָה (cha.qah) — to engrave. 1) to cut, carve, cut in 1a) (Pual) carved (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to engrave, cut a limit
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חקק
Write | verb pu'al | ≈ חקק
to carve, to portray = causative action by which humans reproduce the form or shape of an object on another object, ◄ by carving, drawing, etc., ► for the purpose of decoration and/or communication
Write | verb hit
to put a mark = causative action by which deities put a mark on humans, ► in order to be able to recognize them easily
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָקָה vb. only Pu. cut in, carve Pu. carved figure on wall = subst. carved work
Hithp. thou gavest thee a graving (= markest a line) for (i.e. about) the soles of my feet, fixed limits for them
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