חוק

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See also: חו״ק

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ק־ק (kh-q-q)

From the root ח־ק־ק (kh-k-k), associated with חָקַק (khakák, to engrave, to etch; to ingrain, imprint). Compare Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, law), Classical Syriac ܚܘܩܐ (ḥuqqā, rule) Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq, right), Tigrinya ሓቂ (ḥaqqi, truth).

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Noun

חוק / חֹק (khókm (plural indefinite חוקים / חֻקִּים, plural construct חוקי / חֻקֵּי־)

  1. law, statute
    • 2019 September 17, Chaim Levinson, Haaretz:
      ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו התראיין היום (שלישי) בשתי תחנות רדיו בניגוד לחוק הבחירות.
      rósh hamemshalá binyamín netanyáhu hitra'áyen hayóm (shlishí) beshtéy tachanót rádio benigúd lechók habchirót.
      Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed today (Tuesday) by two radio stations, contrary to election law.
  2. rule
  3. (Judaism) chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חוק.

Noun

חוק (khokm, plural חוקים (khukim)

  1. rule; law; regulation; custom

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 66