ציווה

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
צ־ו־ה (ṣ-w-h)

From the root צ־ו־ה . Related through metathesis to Arabic وَصَّى (waṣṣā, to enjoin).

Verb[edit]

ציווה / צִוָּה (tsivá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. command
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:6:
      וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל לְבָבֶךָ׃
      And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 18:18:
      נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ׃
      I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 20:17:
      כִּי הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
      But thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee;

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