ציווה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h)

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

Verb

ציווה / צִוָּה • (tsivá) (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;