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Genesis 12:20
“And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צָוָהtsâvâh · tsaw-vaw'
H6680 · Hebrew
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
- יְצַ֥ו — 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.