Midvash

צָוָהtsâvâh

Pi`el: lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order (Genesis 6:22; Deuteronomy 4:5; Deuteronomy 4:23)

Pronunciation: tsaw-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6680

Meanings

1.

a. lay charge upon (Genesis 2:16; Genesis 28:6; 1 Kings 2:43)

b. give charge to, command to (Exodus 1:22; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Chronicles 22:17)

c. give charge unto (Exodus 16:34; 1 Kings 11:10; 2 Samuel 17:23)

d. give charge over, appoint (Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Samuel 6:21)

e. give one charge, command (often עַל concerning) (Genesis 12:20; Numbers 8:22; 2 Samuel 14:8)

2. charge, command

3. charge, command (Exodus 23:15; Genesis 7:9; Genesis 7:5)

4. charge, with command to others, commission

d. and I will command my blessing to you (Leviticus 25:21; Deuteronomy 28:8; Psalms 133:3)

5. command, appoint, ordain, of divine act (Isaiah 45:12; Psalms 33:9; Psalms 148:5)

Pu`al: be commanded, i.e. receive command (Numbers 3:16; Numbers 36:2; Genesis 45:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 494 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:16 But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—
  • Genesis 3:11 “Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
  • Genesis 3:17 And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
  • Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
  • Genesis 7:5 So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
  • Genesis 7:9 They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).