חוֹק

חוֹקm. (b. h. חֹק; חקק, v. preced.) (circle, drawing, engraving, law, rule, custom; assigned share, mark. Erub.54a אניח לבני ח׳ I will leave to my sons a due share (a fixed living). Sabb.137b ח׳ בשארו שם He ordered a mark to be put on his (Abrahams) flesh. Snh.111a שמשייראפי׳ ח׳ אחד (some ed. חֹק) who leaves even one law unobserved. Ib. למי שלא עשהאפי׳ ח׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. differ., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) who observed not even one law; a. fr.Pl חוּקִּים, חֻקִּים. Kidd.39a (ref. to Lev. 19:19) ח׳ שחקקתי נכ׳ the lines which I have drawn long ago (by creating separate species); Y.Kil.I, 27b top (it is forbidden) משום ח׳ … בעולמי as coming under the interpretation of (Lev. l. c.) “the lines which I have drawn ” Tam.31b חוּקֵּי העמים customs of gentiles. Sifra Aḥăré ch. XII, Par. 9 ח׳ החקוקיםוכ׳ (idolatrous) usages practiced by them and their fathers , v. next w.; a. fr.