צָוָה tsâvâh — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
Translated in the KJV as appoint, bid, charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, in order.
a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin.
tsâvâh in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 308Wayyiqtol 76Participle (active) 45Imperfect (yiqtol) 27Imperative 15Sequential perfect (weqatal) 10Infinitive construct 6
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 8Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›