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2 Samuel 4:12
“And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6680 · Hebrew
- Definition
- (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְצַו֩ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 496 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:16Genesis 3:11Genesis 3:17Genesis 6:22Genesis 7:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָוָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.