"חוק" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /χok/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חוק.wav
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”). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ח־ק־ק}}, {{caps|F||}} F, {{he-root-link|ח|ק|ק|}} ח־ק־ק, {{he-root|ח|ק|ק|tr=kh-k-k}} From the root ח־ק־ק (kh-k-k), {{cog|gez|ሕግ|t=law|tr=ḥəgg}} Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, “law”), {{cog|syc|ܚܘܩܐ|t=rule|tr=ḥuqqā}} Classical Syriac ܚܘܩܐ (ḥuqqā, “rule”), {{cog|ar|حَقّ|t=right}} Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq, “right”), {{cog|ti|ሓቂ|t=truth|tr=ḥaqqi}} Tigrinya ሓቂ (ḥaqqi, “truth”) Head templates: {{he-noun|dwv=חֹק|g=m|pat=קֹטֶל|pl=חוקים|plcons=חוקי|plconsdwv=חֻקֵּי|pldwv=חֻקִּים|tr=khók}} חוק / חֹק • (khók) m (plural indefinite חוקים / חֻקִּים, plural construct חוקי / חֻקֵּי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|חוק\חֹק|חוקו\חֻקּוֹ|p|חוקים\חֻקִּים}} Forms: חֹק [canonical], khók [romanization], חוקים [indefinite, plural], חֻקִּים [indefinite, plural], חוקי [construct, plural], חֻקֵּי־ [construct, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], חוק [indefinite, singular], חֹק [indefinite, singular], חוקי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חֻקִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חוקנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], חֻקֵּנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], החוק [definite, singular], הַחֹק [definite, singular], חוקך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֻקְּךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חוקך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֻקֵּךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חוקכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֻקְּכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חוקכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֻקְּכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חוק־ [construct, singular], חֹק־ [construct, singular], חוקו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֻקּוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חוקה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֻקָּהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חוקם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֻקָּם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חוקן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֻקָּן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חוקים [indefinite, plural], חֻקִּים [indefinite, plural], חוקיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חֻקַּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חוקינו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], חֻקֵּינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], החוקים [definite, plural], הַחֻקִּים [definite, plural], חוקיך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֻקֶּיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חוקייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֻקַּיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חוקיכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֻקֵּיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חוקיכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֻקֵּיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חוקי־ [construct, plural], חֻקֵּי־ [construct, plural], חוקיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֻקָּיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חוקיה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֻקֶּיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חוקיהם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֻקֵּיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חוקיהן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֻקֵּיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. law, statute
    Sense id: en-חוק-he-noun-j2gXO67G
  2. rule
    Sense id: en-חוק-he-noun-c2mUm0fv
  3. (Judaism) chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation Tags: Judaism
    Sense id: en-חוק-he-noun-pP92vckO Categories (other): Judaism, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew roots, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ק־ק, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Hebrew roots: 11 11 77 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ק־ק: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: חוק ברזל (khók barzél), חֹק בַּרְזֶל (khók barzél), חוקי (khukí), חֻקִּי (khukí), חוקה (khuká), חֻקָּה (khuká), כחוק (k'khók), כְּחֹק (k'khók), עבר על החוק (avár al hakhók) (english: to break the law), עָבַר עַל הַחֹק (avár al hakhók) (english: to break the law)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khók barzél",
      "word": "חוק ברזל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khók barzél",
      "word": "חֹק בַּרְזֶל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khukí",
      "word": "חוקי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khukí",
      "word": "חֻקִּי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khuká",
      "word": "חוקה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khuká",
      "word": "חֻקָּה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "k'khók",
      "word": "כחוק"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "k'khók",
      "word": "כְּחֹק"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to break the law",
      "roman": "avár al hakhók",
      "word": "עבר על החוק"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to break the law",
      "roman": "avár al hakhók",
      "word": "עָבַר עַל הַחֹק"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח־ק־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "F",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "F",
      "name": "caps"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח",
        "2": "ק",
        "3": "ק",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ח־ק־ק",
      "name": "he-root-link"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח",
        "2": "ק",
        "3": "ק",
        "tr": "kh-k-k"
      },
      "expansion": "From the root ח־ק־ק (kh-k-k)",
      "name": "he-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ሕግ",
        "t": "law",
        "tr": "ḥəgg"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, “law”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܚܘܩܐ",
        "t": "rule",
        "tr": "ḥuqqā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܚܘܩܐ (ḥuqqā, “rule”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَقّ",
        "t": "right"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq, “right”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "ሓቂ",
        "t": "truth",
        "tr": "ḥaqqi"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigrinya ሓቂ (ḥaqqi, “truth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חֹק",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khók",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֹק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקנו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החוק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֹק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוק־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֹק־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקּוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקַּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החוקים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֻקִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֶּיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקַּיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֶּיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיהם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיהן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "חֹק",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֹטֶל",
        "pl": "חוקים",
        "plcons": "חוקי",
        "plconsdwv": "חֻקֵּי",
        "pldwv": "חֻקִּים",
        "tr": "khók"
      },
      "expansion": "חוק / חֹק • (khók) m (plural indefinite חוקים / חֻקִּים, plural construct חוקי / חֻקֵּי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "חוק\\חֹק",
        "2": "חוקו\\חֻקּוֹ",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "חוקים\\חֻקִּים"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed today (Tuesday) by two radio stations, contrary to election law.",
          "ref": "2019 September 17, Chaim Levinson, Haaretz:",
          "roman": "rósh hamemshalá binyamín netanyáhu hitra'ayén hayóm (shlishí) bishtéy takhanót rádio benigúd l'khók habkhirót.",
          "text": "ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו התראיין היום (שלישי) בשתי תחנות רדיו בניגוד לחוק הבחירות.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "law, statute"
      ],
      "id": "en-חוק-he-noun-j2gXO67G",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "statute",
          "statute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rule"
      ],
      "id": "en-חוק-he-noun-c2mUm0fv",
      "links": [
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "he:Judaism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ק־ק",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation"
      ],
      "id": "en-חוק-he-noun-pP92vckO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "chok",
          "chok"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/χok/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חוק.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "חוק"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew roots",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ק־ק",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "khók barzél",
      "word": "חוק ברזל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khók barzél",
      "word": "חֹק בַּרְזֶל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khukí",
      "word": "חוקי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khukí",
      "word": "חֻקִּי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khuká",
      "word": "חוקה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khuká",
      "word": "חֻקָּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'khók",
      "word": "כחוק"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'khók",
      "word": "כְּחֹק"
    },
    {
      "english": "to break the law",
      "roman": "avár al hakhók",
      "word": "עבר על החוק"
    },
    {
      "english": "to break the law",
      "roman": "avár al hakhók",
      "word": "עָבַר עַל הַחֹק"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח־ק־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "F",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "F",
      "name": "caps"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח",
        "2": "ק",
        "3": "ק",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ח־ק־ק",
      "name": "he-root-link"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ח",
        "2": "ק",
        "3": "ק",
        "tr": "kh-k-k"
      },
      "expansion": "From the root ח־ק־ק (kh-k-k)",
      "name": "he-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ሕግ",
        "t": "law",
        "tr": "ḥəgg"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, “law”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܚܘܩܐ",
        "t": "rule",
        "tr": "ḥuqqā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܚܘܩܐ (ḥuqqā, “rule”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَقّ",
        "t": "right"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq, “right”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "ሓቂ",
        "t": "truth",
        "tr": "ḥaqqi"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigrinya ሓቂ (ḥaqqi, “truth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חֹק",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khók",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֹק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקנו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החוק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֹק",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקְּכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוק־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֹק־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקּוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקַּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החוקים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֻקִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֶּיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקַּיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקָּיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֶּיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיהם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חוקיהן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֻקֵּיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "חֹק",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֹטֶל",
        "pl": "חוקים",
        "plcons": "חוקי",
        "plconsdwv": "חֻקֵּי",
        "pldwv": "חֻקִּים",
        "tr": "khók"
      },
      "expansion": "חוק / חֹק • (khók) m (plural indefinite חוקים / חֻקִּים, plural construct חוקי / חֻקֵּי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "חוק\\חֹק",
        "2": "חוקו\\חֻקּוֹ",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "חוקים\\חֻקִּים"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed today (Tuesday) by two radio stations, contrary to election law.",
          "ref": "2019 September 17, Chaim Levinson, Haaretz:",
          "roman": "rósh hamemshalá binyamín netanyáhu hitra'ayén hayóm (shlishí) bishtéy takhanót rádio benigúd l'khók habkhirót.",
          "text": "ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו התראיין היום (שלישי) בשתי תחנות רדיו בניגוד לחוק הבחירות.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "law, statute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "statute",
          "statute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rule"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
      ],
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        "chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "chok",
          "chok"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) chok, a Jewish religious rule which doesn't have a rational explanation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/χok/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "חוק"
}

Download raw JSONL data for חוק meaning in Hebrew (10.5kB)

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  ],
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}

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