חקק

From the root ח־ק־ק‎ (kh-q-q) in the pa'al binyan. Cognate to Arabic حَقَّ‎ (ḥaqqa, “to be adequate, imperative or decreed”).

חָקַק • (khakák) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶחְקַק‎)

1. to legislate
2. to engrave, to etch
3. to ingrain, imprint

• (noun) חוק \ חֹק‎ (“law, statue; rule”)
• (transitive) חוֹקֵק‎ (“to legislate; flowery: to engrave, etch; flowery: to ingrain, imprint”)
• (intransitive) חוקק \ חֻקַק‎ (“to be legislated”)
• (intransitive) נֶחְקַק‎ (nékh'kák, “to be legislated; to be engraved, etched”)