H2707 H2707
To carve, engrave; cut figures into a surface; mark a boundary or limit
A rare Hebrew verb (related to haqaq, 'to inscribe') appearing only in the Pual and Hithpael stems. In its Pual participle form, it describes carved or engraved images on temple doors (1 Kgs 6:35) and on walls in prophetic visions of idolatry (Ezek 8:10; 23:14). In Job 13:27, the Hithpael conveys God 'inscribing a limit' around the soles of Job's feet. The semantic range moves from physical carving to metaphorical boundary-setting.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Carving or engraving figures on a surface, used of both legitimate temple decoration and illicit idolatrous imagery. The Pual participle mehuqqeh describes carved work on Solomon's temple doors (1 Kgs 6:35) and the abominable images Ezekiel sees scratched into the temple walls (Ezek 8:10) and the Chaldean figures that seduced Oholibah (Ezek 23:14). In Job 13:27, the Hithpael shifts to marking a boundary: 'you engrave a mark around the soles of my feet.' The multilingual glosses reflect both domains: English 'carved' / 'set-a-limit,' Spanish 'grabados' / 'trazas-limite,' confirming the dual semantic field of artistic inscription and boundary demarcation. 4×
AR["الـ-مَنْقُوشِ", "تَرْسُمُ", "مَرْسومَةٌ", "مَنْقُوشَةً"]·ben["-খোদাই", "আপনি-নিজেকে-আঁকেন", "খোদাই-করা"]·DE["[מחקה]", "[תתחקה]", "der-carved-Werk"]·EN["carved", "the-carved-work", "you-set-a-limit"]·FR["graver", "le-sculpté-œuvre", "תתחקה"]·heb["ה-מחוקה", "מחוקה", "מחוקים", "תתחקה"]·HI["खुदी-हुई", "खुदे-हुए", "तू-निशान-लगाता-है", "नक्काशी"]·ID["Engkau-membuat-tanda", "terukir", "yang-diukir"]·IT["[מחקה]", "il-intagliò-opera", "you-set-a-limit"]·jav["Panjenengan-menehi-wates", "dipungambar", "ingkang-dipun-ukir", "ukiran"]·KO["당신이-표시하신다", "새겨져-있는", "새겨진", "새김에"]·PT["esculpidos", "gravados", "o-gravado", "te-inscreves"]·RU["вырезанные", "начертанных", "проводишь-черту", "резьбе"]·ES["grabados", "lo-tallado", "trazas-límite"]·SW["kilichochongwa", "unatia-alama", "waliochongwa", "zimechorwa"]·TR["oyulmuş", "sınır-çizersin"]·urd["نشان-لگاتا-ہے-تُو", "نقش پر-", "کندہ-کیے-ہوئے", "کھُدے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָקָה vb. only Pu. cut in, carve (NH represent, imitate; ‖ חקק)— Pu. Pt. מְחֻקֶּה 1 K 6:35; Ez 8:10 + 23:14 (Co מְחֻקִּים, after 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 𝔙), carved figure on wall Ez 8:10; 23:14 (where read אנשׁים מחקים, v. supr.) = subst. carved work 1 K 6:35 (on doors of temple). Hithp. Impf. 2 ms. על־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה Jb 13:27 thou gravest thee a graving (= markest a line) for (i.e. about) the soles of my feet, fixest limits for them (v. Di).