צִוָּ֖הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צִוָּ֖הוּ

   tsi-VA-hu

   he commanded him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ

   ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu

   as, just as, or according as he commanded him
3. clause🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse and he came the encampment or the camp-circle and the force or the army the one going out to the battle line or array and they shouted in the battle or in the war

Exegesis

Ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} introduces a temporal comparison, linking vayelekh and tsivahu yishai {צִוָּהוּ יִשָׁי | ṣî-wā-hû yi-šā-y} to show obedience to Jesse’s command.

Root and etymology

צ־ו־ה🔊 tsade–vav–heh

“command”

• 🔊 מִצְוָהmitz-vāhcommandmentLev 27:34