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It signifies a directive that is meant to be followed with obedience and reverence. In the biblical context, "tsav" underscores the importance of adhering to God's commandments as a demonstration of faithfulness and devotion.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite society, commands and precepts were central to the covenant relationship between God and His people. The Torah, or the Law, was seen as a divine guide for living a life that was pleasing to God. Commands were not merely legalistic requirements but were understood as expressions of God's will and character. Obedience to these commands was a way for the Israelites to maintain their identity as God's chosen people and to live in harmony with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm">tsavah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>perhaps command<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>command (1), order (8).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">צַו</font> apparently <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font>, dubious word; — in <font class="hebrew2">הָלַךְ</font> <font class="hebrew2">אַחֲרֵיצָָֿ֑ו</font> <a href="/interlinear/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11</a> usually <em>command, ordinance</em>; < <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> Che Now GASm <font class="hebrew2">שָׁוְא</font>; elsewhere only <font class="hebrew2">צַו לָצָ֨ו צַו לָצָ֔ו</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">קַו לָקָו קָו קַו לָקָו</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10</a> in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words, and, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-13.htm">Isaiah 28:13</a>, of the unintelligible speech of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>'s foreign agents of judgement; Ges Che<sup>Comm.</sup> and others (compare AV RV) render <em>command upon command</em>; Ew Di (carpenter's) <em>rule</em> (+ <font class="hebrew2">קַו</font> = <em>line and rule</em>), from √<font class="hebrew2">צָוָה</font> (whence <font class="hebrew2">צִיּוּן</font>); Du Che<sup>Hpt explain as mocking sounds</sup> without sense. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>commandment, precept <p>Or tsav {tsawv}; from <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm">tsavah</a>; an injunction -- commandment, precept. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm">tsavah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>לָצָ֔ו לָצָ֞ו לָצָו֙ לצו צַ֣ו צַ֤ו צָֽו׃ צו צו׃ lā·ṣāw lāṣāw laTzav ṣaw ṣāw tzav<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּ֣י <b> צַ֤ו </b> לָצָו֙ צַ֣ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For [He says], 'Order</span> on order, order<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">For precept</span> [must be] upon precept,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For <span class="itali">Order</span> order order<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֣י צַ֤ו <b> לָצָו֙ </b> צַ֣ו לָצָ֔ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For [He says], 'Order <span class="itali">on order,</span> order<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For precept <span class="itali">[must be] upon precept,</span> precept<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For Order <span class="itali">order</span> order order<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צַ֤ו לָצָו֙ <b> צַ֣ו </b> לָצָ֔ו קַ֥ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on order, <span class="itali">order</span> on order,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [must be] upon precept, <span class="itali">precept</span> upon precept;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Order order <span class="itali">order</span> order Line<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָצָו֙ צַ֣ו <b> לָצָ֔ו </b> קַ֥ו לָקָ֖ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> order <span class="itali">on order,</span> Line<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> precept <span class="itali">upon precept;</span> line<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> order order <span class="itali">order</span> Line line<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דְּבַר־ יְהוָ֗ה <b> צַ֣ו </b> לָצָ֞ו צַ֤ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the LORD <span class="itali">to them will be, Order</span> on order,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the LORD <span class="itali">was unto them precept</span> upon precept,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the word of the LORD <span class="itali">will be Order</span> order order<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֗ה צַ֣ו <b> לָצָ֞ו </b> צַ֤ו לָצָו֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to them will be, Order <span class="itali">on order,</span> order<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was unto them precept <span class="itali">upon precept,</span> precept<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the LORD will be Order <span class="itali">order</span> order order<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צַ֣ו לָצָ֞ו <b> צַ֤ו </b> לָצָו֙ קַ֤ו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on order, <span class="itali">order</span> on order,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon precept, <span class="itali">precept</span> upon precept;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be Order order <span class="itali">order</span> order Line<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָצָ֞ו צַ֤ו <b> לָצָו֙ </b> קַ֤ו לָקָו֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> order <span class="itali">on order,</span> Line<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> precept <span class="itali">upon precept;</span> line<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> order order <span class="itali">order</span> Line line<p><b><a href="/text/hosea/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 5:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָלַ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵי־ <b> צָֽו׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to follow <span class="itali">[man's] command.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> walked after <span class="itali">the commandment.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> walked after <span class="itali">command</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6673<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/latzav_6673.htm">lā·ṣāw — 4 Occ.</a><br><a 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