חוקה

Hebrew

Noun

חוקה \ חֻקָּה (khuká) f (plural indefinite חוקות \ חֻקּוֹת, singular construct חוקת \ חֻקַּת־)

  1. statute, law
    • Leviticus 26:3-4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְו‍ֹתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם׃ וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ׃
      'im-b'khukotái telékhu v'et-mitsvotái tishm'rú va'asitém 'otám. v'natatí gish'meikhém b'itám v'nat'ná ha'árets y'vuláh v'éts hasadé yitén piryó.
      ʾim-bəḥuqqōṯay tēlḗḵū wʾeṯ-miṣwōṯay tišmərū waʿăśīṯem ʾōṯām. wənāṯattī ḡišəmēḵem bəʿittām wənāṯənā hāʾā́reṣ yəḇūlāh wəʿēṣ haśśāḏe yittēn piryō.
      If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them; then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
    • Numbers 19:1-2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃ זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל׃
      vay'dabér YHVH 'el-moshé v'el-'aharón leimór. zót khukát hatorá 'ashér-tsivá YHVH leimór dabér 'el-b'néi yisra'él v'yik'khú 'elékha fará 'adumá t'mimá 'ashér 'ein-báh múm 'ashér lo-'alá 'aléha 'ól.
      wayəḏabbēr YHWH ʾel-mōše wəʾel-ʾahărōn lēmōr. zōṯ ḥuqqaṯ hattōrā ʾăšer-ṣiwwā YHWH lēmōr dabbēr ʾel-bənē yiśrāʾēl wəyiqəḥū ʾēléḵā p̄ārā ʾăḏummā təmīmā ʾăšer ʾēn-bāh mūm ʾăšer lō-ʿālā ʿāléhā ʿōl.
      And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
  2. constitution

Declension

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