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Proverbs 8:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4428 By me kings בי מלכים

H4427 reign ימלכו

H7336 and princes ורוזנים

H2710 decree יחקקו

H6664 justice צדק׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4428 kings

H4427 reign

and

H7336 princes

H2710 decree

H6664 justice

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2710

Hebrew: חָקַק

Transliteration: châqaq

Pronunciation: khaw-kak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {appoint} {decree} {governor} {grave} {lawgiver} {note} {pourtray} {print} set.

Definition:

properly to {hack} that {is} engrave ( to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe

1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern

a. (Qal)

1. to cut in

2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe

3. to trace, mark out

4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law)

b. (Poel)

1. to inscribe, enact, decree

2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)

c. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)

d. (Hophal) to be inscribed

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906