Exodus 15:25:13Exod.15.25.W13TAB
חֹ֥ק
khok
“a statute”
- Transliteration
- KHOK
- Extended
- KHOHK
- IPA
- /ˈħoːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a statute
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
KHOK
- phraseyour reading level
KHOK u-mish-PAT
- clause
SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
- sentence
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
Exegesis
The Qal perfect sam {שָׂ֥ם | sām} with lo {ל֛וֹ | lō} introduces choq ū-mishpat {חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט | ḥōq ū-miš-pāṭ} ‘statute and ordinance,’ formalizing the remedy as enduring law.
Root and etymology
ח־ק־ק
“inscribed decree”
In context — Exodus 15:25
He cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a tree. He threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word חֹ֥ק (khok) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.15.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W13.S1) and character.