צַו

«צַו» in the Tanakh dictionary: command — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 9 times · Key: 6673 · BDB: צַו²

Glosses

command (8); a.command (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

command tree →

The whole BDB entry

appar. n.[m.], dub. word;—in הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי־צָ֑ו Ho 5:11 usually command, ordinance; שָׁוְא; elsewhere only צַו לָצָ֙ו צַו לָצָ֔ו (‖ קַו לָקָו קַו לָקָו), Is 28:10 in mocking mimicry of Is.’s words, and, v 13, of the unintelligible speech of י׳’s foreign agents of judgment; Ges CheComm. al. (cf. AV RV) render command upon command; Ew Di (carpenter’s) rule (+ קַו = line and rule), from √ צָוָה (whence צִיּוּן); Du CheHpt. explain as mocking sounds without sense.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «צַו» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Hosea 5:11

עָשׁ֥וּק אֶפְרַ֖יִם רְצ֣וּץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֣י הוֹאִ֔יל הָלַ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵי־צָֽו׃

Word for word: [is].oppressed Ephraim [it.is].crushed of.judgment (dm) he.was.determined he.walked after a.command

JPS 1917: Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.

Isaiah 28:10

כִּ֣י צַ֤ו לָצָו֙ צַ֣ו לָצָ֔ו קַ֥ו לָקָ֖ו קַ֣ו לָקָ֑ו זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֥יר שָֽׁם׃

Word for word: (dm) command to command command to command line to line line to line a.little there a.little there

JPS 1917: For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.

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