Hebrew word
châqaq
khaw-kak'
חָקַק
What it means
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
Where it comes from
a primitive root