H2708. chuqqah

חֻקָּה‎₁₀₄ noun feminine^{Exodus 13:10} something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ׳ח‎ Numbers 9:14 2t.; construct חֻקַּת‎ Exodus 12:14 28t.; plural חֻקּוֺת‎ Jeremiah 5:24 12t.; חֻקֹּת‎ Leviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַי‎ Genesis 26:5 14t.; חֻקֹּתַי‎ Leviticus 18:4 21t. etc.; —

1 singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exodus 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), הפסח חקת‎ 12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14; ׳ח התורה‎ 19:2; 31:21; ׳ח משׁפט‎ 27:11; 35:29; ׳ח עולם‎ Exodus 12:14, 17; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29, 31, 34; 23:21, 31; 24:3; Numbers 10:8; 15:15; 18:23; 19:10, 21 (all P), Leviticus 17:7; 23:14, 41 (H); ולאזרךְ לַגֵּר אַחַת חֻקָּה‎ Numbers 9:14; 15:15.

2 plural statutes:

a. of nature ׳ח שׁמים‎ Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25; of moon and stars 31:35; of weeks of harvest 5:24.

b. figurative of a firmly established custom ׳ח הגוי(םׅ‎ Leviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; ׳ח העמים‎ Jeremiah 10:3 ׳ח עמרי‎ Micah 6:16; idolatry ׳ח ישׂראל‎ 2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).

c. ׳ח דוד‎ statutes of David 1 Kings 3:3.

d. "" משׁפטים‎ 2 Samuel 22:23 = Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); "" מצות‎ 89:32; וח ׳ברית‎ 1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually ומשׁפטים חקות‎ Leviticus 18:5, 26; 19:37; 20:22 (H), 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; 11:20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 19, 21; preceded by מצות‎ Deuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצות‎ Leviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; ומצוה תורה‎ 2 Kings 17:34; or else וחקות משׁפטים‎ Leviticus 18:4; 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); 18:17; 20:16, 24; 37:24; preceded by מצות‎ Deuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ׳ח ומ ׳מצות ועדות‎ 1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ׳ח ומצות‎ Leviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:19; or (ו)ח ׳מצות‎ Deuteronomy 10:13; 28:15, 45; 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורות‎ Genesis 26:5 (R); וח ׳ועדות מצות‎ 2 Kings 23:3; וח ׳תורה‎ Jeremiah 44:10; ועדות וח ׳ותורה‎ 44:23; ׳ח ותורות‎ Ezekiel 44:5; 43:11 (Co); יח ׳תורות‎ 44:24; special ordinances are ׳ח המזבח‎ 43:18; ׳ח י ׳בית‎ 44:5; ׳ח חיים‎ 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); ׳ח תמיד עולם‎ (ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Talm Co strike out עולם‎) 46:14.

e. phrases of obedience are ב ׳הלך‎ Leviticus 18:3; 20:23; 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Jeremiah 44:10, 23; Ezekiel 5:6-7, 11:20; 18:9, 17; 20:13, 16, 19, 21; 33:15; שׁמר‎ Leviticus 18:4-5, 26; 19:19, 37; 20:8, 22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; 8:11; 10:13; 11:1; 28:45; 30:10, 16; 1 Kings 2:3; 9:6; 11:11, 34, 38; 2 Kings 17:13; 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19, 21; 37:24; 43:11; 44:24; עשׂה‎ Leviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; כח ׳עשׂה‎ 2 Kings 17:34; ׳בח אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע‎ Psalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are ח ׳מאס‎ Ezekiel 20:24 בח ׳מאס‎ Leviticus 26:15 (H); געל‎ 26:43 (H); עזב‎2 Chronicles 7:19; חלל‎ Psalm 89:32. — [חֹק‎ and חֻקָּה‎ differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק‎ oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה‎ not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה‎ only 2 Chronicles 7:19); חֻקָּה‎ often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק‎ occurs Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:14; 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah 3 t., Ezekiel 6 t., חֻקָּה‎ only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and 6:16; חֻקִּים‎ especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת‎ especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; עוֺלָם חֹק‎ usually = due, ע ׳חֻקַּת‎ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]