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H6680צָוָהtsa.vah

to commandPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 27
  2. 54
  3. 35
  4. 48
  5. 88
  6. 43
  7. 6
  8. 3
  9. 10
  10. 19
  11. 18
  12. 19
  13. 12
  14. 8
  15. 3
  16. 7
  17. 9
  18. 3
  19. 15
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 10
  24. 39
  25. 4
  26. 6
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 5
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. 1

Renderings

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494 occurrences in 475 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:14

    but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

    מְצַוֶּֽךָּ׃ (מְצַוֶּֽ) me.tza.Ve. “[am] commanding”

  2. Deuteronomy 12:21

    If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the d

    צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ (צִוִּיתִ֑) tzi.vi.Ti. “I commanded”

  3. Deuteronomy 12:28

    Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

    מְצַוֶּ֑ךָּ (מְצַוֶּ֑) me.tza.Ve. “[am] commanding”

  4. Deuteronomy 13:1

    All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

    מְצַוֶּ֣ה me.tza.Veh “[am] commanding”

  5. Deuteronomy 13:6

    And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the

    צִוְּךָ֛ (צִוְּ) tzi.ve. “he has commanded”

  6. Deuteronomy 13:19

    when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

    מְצַוְּךָ֖ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  7. Deuteronomy 15:5

    if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

    מְצַוְּךָ֖ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  8. Deuteronomy 15:11

    For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.'

    מְצַוְּךָ֙ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  9. Deuteronomy 15:15

    And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

    מְצַוְּךָ֛ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  10. Deuteronomy 17:3

    and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have commanded not;

    צִוִּֽיתִי׃ tzi.Vi.ti “I have commanded”

  11. Deuteronomy 18:18

    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.

    אֲצַוֶּֽנּוּ׃ (אֲצַוֶּֽ) 'a.tzav.Ve. “I will command”

  12. Deuteronomy 18:20

    But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.'

    צִוִּיתִיו֙ (צִוִּיתִי) tzi.vi.Ti “I commanded”

  13. Deuteronomy 19:7

    Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'

    מְצַוְּךָ֖ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  14. Deuteronomy 19:9

    if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in His ways--then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three;

    מְצַוְּךָ֮ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  15. Deuteronomy 20:17

    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;

    צִוְּךָ֖ (צִוְּ) tzi.ve. “he commanded”

  16. Deuteronomy 24:8

    Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

    צִוִּיתִ֖ם (צִוִּיתִ֖) tzi.vi.Ti “I commanded”

  17. Deuteronomy 24:18

    But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

    מְצַוְּךָ֙ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  18. Deuteronomy 24:22

    And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

    מְצַוְּךָ֙ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  19. Deuteronomy 26:13

    then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment which Thou hast comm

    צִוִּיתָ֑נִי (צִוִּיתָ֑) tzi.vi.Ta. “you have commanded”

  20. Deuteronomy 26:14

    I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.

    צִוִּיתָֽנִי׃ (צִוִּיתָֽ) tzi.vi.Ta. “you have commanded”

  21. Deuteronomy 26:16

    This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

    מְצַוְּךָ֧ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[is] commanding”

  22. Deuteronomy 27:1

    And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.

    וַיְצַ֤ו (יְצַ֤ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”מְצַוֶּ֥ה me.tza.Veh “[am] commanding”

  23. Deuteronomy 27:4

    And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

    מְצַוֶּ֥ה me.tza.Veh “[am] commanding”

  24. Deuteronomy 27:10

    Thou shalt therefore hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.'

    מְצַוְּךָ֖ (מְצַוְּ) me.tza.ve. “[am] commanding”

  25. Deuteronomy 27:11

    And Moses charged the people the same day, saying:

    וַיְצַ֤ו (יְצַ֤ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”