Lexical Summary mitsvah: commandment Original Word: מִצְוָהTransliteration: mitsvah Phonetic Spelling: (mits-vaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: commandment Meaning: commandment Strong's Concordance which was commanded, law, ordinance, precept From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept. see HEBREW tsavah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4687. mitsvah מִצְוָה181 noun feminine commandment; — ׳מ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָתְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 +(מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; — 1 commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2 Chronicles 8:15 14t.; ׳מ אב Jeremiah 35:14, 16, 18; Proverbs 6:20; ׳מ אנשׁים Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11. 2 of God: a. singular the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D המ ׳שׁמר Deuteronomy 8:1, 25t. D; המ ׳עשׂח 6:25; 15:5; ׳(ה)מ צוּה אשׁר) 26:13; 30:11; 31:5; המ מִן ׳סוּר 17:20; ׳מ הֵפַר Numbers 15:31 (P); "" תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (RD) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chronicles 14:3; 31:21; +מִשְׁמָּטִים חֻקִּים, Deuteronomy 5:28; 6:1 +. b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2 plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Leviticus 4:2 5t. P, Isaiah 48:18 25t. (late; especially Psalm 119:20 t.); מ ׳שׁמר Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 10t. D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 5t.; מ ׳עשׂה Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 t.; מ ׳שׁמע Deuteronomy 11:13 4t.; ׳המ צוּה אשׁר Leviticus 27:34 (H); מ ׳עבר Deuteronomy 26:13; 2 Chronicles 24:20; מ ׳עזב 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; מ ׳הפר 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various: (1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (RD) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ׳ח + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; 10:30; + תורות משׁפטים, 9:18; + תורה 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31. (2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; 10:13 + 9t.; ׳ח + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; 11:1; 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + משׁפטים תורה, Psalm 89:32, + עֵדְוֺת משׁפטים, 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (RD); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34. c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1, 4; Job 23:12. 3 commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, "" תורה 6:23, "" דבר 13:13; plural of special commands 2:1; 3:1; 4:4; 7:1-2,. |
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