ḥāqaq חָקַק ‘to decree’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

ḥāqaq v
1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to cut in
  1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
  1a3) to trace, mark out
  1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
 1b) (Poel)
  1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
  1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
 1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
 1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed