חוֹק, , 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 (Abraham’s) flesh. Snh. 111ᵃ שמשייר אפי׳ ח׳ אחד (some ed. חֹק) who leaves even one law unobserved. Ib. למי שלא עשה אפי׳ 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. XIX, 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 &c.” Tam. 31ᵇ חוּקֵּי העמים customs of gentiles. Sifra Aḥăré ch. XII, Par. 9 ח׳ החקוקים וכ׳ (idolatrous) usages practiced by them and their fathers &c, v. next w.; a. fr.