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Hebrew
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
חוק / חֹק • (khók) m (plural indefinite חוקים / חֻקִּים, plural construct חוקי / חֻקֵּי־)
- 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.
- rule
- (Judaism) chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation
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