בְּחֵקִי
in my bosom
).
3.
action prescribed
for oneself,
resolve:
חִקֲקֵי לֵב
Ju 5:15
resolves of mind
||
חִקְרֵי לֵב
v
1
6.
4.
prescribed due
of the priests from offerings
Lv 6:11
;
10:13
(×2),
14
(×2) (
P
);
due
of
י׳
Lv 6:15
(
P
);
לח׳ עולם
Ex 29:28 Lv 7:3
4;
10:15 Nu 18:
8,
11
,
19
(all
P
),
Lv 24:9
(
H
); portion of oil for the
תּרומה
Ez 45:1
4.
5.
prescribed limit, boundary:
of sea
Je 5:22 Pr 8:2
9;
38:10
; waters
Jb 26:10
; heavens
ψ 148:6
; land of Israel
Mi 7:11
; of time
Jb 14:5
,
13
; so
פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ˜ק פָּֽעֲרָה
Is 5:14
She˒ôl
openeth wide her mouth, without limit
.
6.
enactment, decree, ordinance
of either God or man:
a.
specific decree:
law of fifth in Egypt
Gn 47:26
(
J
); of passover
Ex 12:24
(
J
); lament for Jephthah’s daughter
Ju 11:39
; for Josiah
2 Ch 35:25
;
חק ומשׁפט
Ex 15:25 Jos 24:25
(both
E
),
1 S 30:25
;
חק עולם
Ex 30:2
1;
||
עֵדוּת
,
מִשְׁפָּט
ψ 81:5
,
6
(law of a festival).
b.
of
י׳
in nature
Jb 28:26
.
c.
respecting Mess. king
ψ 2:7
; day of
י׳
Zp 2:2
M
T, but on text
v. We
and
טֶרֶם
(p. 382); covenant with Jacob
ψ 105:10
=
1 Ch 16:1
7; destiny of man
Jb 23:14
.
d.
law in general
עלי חק
according to law, right
ψ 94:20
(others
against law
);
לַמֵּד ח׳ ומשׁפט
Ezr 7:10
;
||
בּרית
and
תורות
Is 24:
5;
||
עדות
ψ 99:7
.
7.
pl.
חֻקִּים
enactments, statutes
of a law:
a.
of
י׳
in nature
Je 31:36
.
b.
of the prophets
Zc 1:6
.
c.
conditions
of deed of purchase
Je 32:11
.
d.
enacatments
||
מִשְׁפָּטִים
: ancestral
Ez 20:18
; given by God as punishment for disobedience
20:25
.
e.
decrees
of unjust judges
חִקֲקֵי־אָוֶן
Is 10:
1.
f.
civil enactments prescribed by God:
האלהים חֻקֵּי
Ex 18:16
(
E
;
||
תֹּורֹתָיו
),
v
20
(
E
;
||
id.
)
g.
elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of
Hex
:
Lv 10:11 Nu 30:17
(
P
),
Dt 4:6
;
6:24
;
16:12
ψ 119:5
+
20 times,
Mal 3:7
;
||
תֹּורַת י׳
Am 2:
4;
ח׳ ותורות
ψ 105:45
;
דברי הת׳ והח׳
Dt 17:1
9;
||
ברית
ψ 50:16
;
ח׳ וברית ועדות
2 K 17:1
5; usually either
||
משׁפטים
Dt 4:
1,
5
,
8
,
14
;
5:1
;
11:32
;
12:1
;
26:16
,
1 K 9:4
=
2 Ch 7:1
7,
1 Ch 22:13 Ez 11:1
2;
36:27
, or else
ח׳ ומשׁפטים
combined with others synon. (usually preceding): e.g.
דבר(ים)
ψ 147:19
;
תורה
2 Ch 33:8 Mal 3:2
2;
מצוה
Dt 5:28
;
6:1
;
7:11
;
מצות
Ne 1:7 1 K 8:5
8;
מצוה
,
תורה
2 Ch 19:1
0;
עֵדֹת
Dt 4:4
5;
6:20
; sometimes foll.: e.g.
תורות
Lv 26:4
6;
מצוה
,
תורה
2 K 17:3
7; or in
RV Revised Version. < indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding. Ol J. Olshausen.
Me A. Merx. SS C. Siegfried u. B. Stade, Hebräisches Wörterbuch. P Priests Code or Narrative.
H Code of Holiness. MT Masoretic Text. We J. Wellhousen. Hex Hexatuch.