ציווה

ציווה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ו־ה‎

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

Verb

ציווה \\ צִוָּה • (tsivá) (pi'el construction)

1. command
   • 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;

   • 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.

   • 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;