חָקָה châqâh — to carve
Translated in the KJV as carved work, portrayed, set a print.
a primitive root; to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench.
châqâh in each stem
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 3
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›