צָוָה

Strong’s Definition

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
• 2.(piel)
• 3.(pual) to be commanded

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: tsâvâh; Pronunciation: tsaw-vaw'