"מצווה" meaning in Hebrew

See מצווה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: מִצְוָה [canonical], mitsvá [romanization], מִצְווֹת [indefinite, plural], מצוות [construct, singular], מִצְוַת־ [construct, singular]
Etymology: Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms Compare Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya), from a cognate root, though with the first two root letters metathesized. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|צ־ו־ה}} Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms, {{cog|ar|وَصِيَّة}} Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=מצוות|consdwv=מִצְוַת־|dwv=מִצְוָה|g=f|pl=מצוות|plwv=מִצְווֹת|tr=mitsvá}} מצווה / מִצְוָה • (mitsvá) f (plural indefinite מִצְווֹת, singular construct מצוות / מִצְוַת־)
  1. commandment Synonyms (command): ציווי (tsivúy), צִוּוּי (tsivúy), צוואה (tzava'á), צַוָּאָה (tzava'á)
    Sense id: en-מצווה-he-noun-jYSUCL7y Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 44 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 25 1 37 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 47 2 26 24 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 47 2 26 24 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה: 18 9 40 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 7 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 5 20 20 Disambiguation of 'command': 100 0
  2. (Judaism) mitzvah Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-מצווה-he-noun-uU5r~bHN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בר מצווה (bar mitsvá), בַּר מִצְוָה (bar mitsvá), מצוות הקהל (mitsvát hak-hél), מִצְוַת הַקְהֵל (mitsvát hak-hél), מצוות עשה, מצוות לא תעשה, שומר מצוות, תרי״ג מצוות

Verb

Forms: מְצַוֶּה [canonical], m'tsave [romanization]
Etymology: Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms Compare Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya), from a cognate root, though with the first two root letters metathesized. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|צ־ו־ה}} Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms, {{cog|ar|وَصِيَّة}} Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya) Head templates: {{head|he|verb forms|head=מצווה / מְצַוֶּה|tr=m'tsave}} מצווה / מְצַוֶּה • (m'tsave), {{he-verb form|dwv=מְצַוֶּה|tr=m'tsave}} מצווה / מְצַוֶּה • (m'tsave)
  1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá). Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, present, singular Form of: ציווה (extra: tsivá)
    Sense id: en-מצווה-he-verb-rAVtjBBx Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 44 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 25 1 37 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה: 18 9 40 32

Verb

Forms: מְצַוָּה [canonical], m'tsava [romanization]
Etymology: Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms Compare Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya), from a cognate root, though with the first two root letters metathesized. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|צ־ו־ה}} Root צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h) 0 terms, {{cog|ar|وَصِيَّة}} Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya) Head templates: {{head|he|verb forms|head=מצווה / מְצַוָּה|tr=m'tsava}} מצווה / מְצַוָּה • (m'tsava), {{he-verb form|dwv=מְצַוָּה|tr=m'tsava}} מצווה / מְצַוָּה • (m'tsava)
  1. Feminine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá). Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, present, singular Form of: ציווה (extra: tsivá)
    Sense id: en-מצווה-he-verb-sTnHzVIn Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 44 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 25 1 37 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה: 18 9 40 32

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bar mitsvá",
      "word": "בר מצווה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bar mitsvá",
      "word": "בַּר מִצְוָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mitsvát hak-hél",
      "word": "מצוות הקהל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mitsvát hak-hél",
      "word": "מִצְוַת הַקְהֵל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "מצוות עשה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "מצוות לא תעשה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "שומר מצוות"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "תרי״ג מצוות"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Root\n צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "وَصِيَّة"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h)\n 0 terms\nCompare Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya), from a cognate root, though with the first two root letters metathesized.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "מִצְוָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitsvá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מִצְווֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מצוות",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מִצְוַת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "מצוות",
        "consdwv": "מִצְוַת־",
        "dwv": "מִצְוָה",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מצוות",
        "plwv": "מִצְווֹת",
        "tr": "mitsvá"
      },
      "expansion": "מצווה / מִצְוָה • (mitsvá) f (plural indefinite מִצְווֹת, singular construct מצוות / מִצְוַת־)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 44 40",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 1 37 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 26 24",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 2 26 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 40 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 7 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 5 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "These are the commandments and the ordinances, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.",
          "roman": "Eleh ha-mitsvot v-ha-mishpatim asher tsivah Adonai b-yad Moshe el b'nei Yisrael b'arvot Moav al yarden Y'reḥo.",
          "text": "אֵלֶּה הַמִּצְוֺת וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.",
          "roman": "v'haya 'im shamoa' tishm'u 'el mitsvotai 'asher 'anokhi m'tsave 'etkhem hayom l'ahava 'et Adonai 'eloheikhem ul'ovdo b'khol l'vavkhem uvkhol nafsh'khem. v'natati m'tar arts'khem b'ito yore umalkosh v'asafta d'ganekha v'tirosh'kha v'yitsharekha.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל מִצְוֺתַי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכֶם׃ וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commandment"
      ],
      "id": "en-מצווה-he-noun-jYSUCL7y",
      "links": [
        [
          "commandment",
          "commandment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "tsivúy",
          "sense": "command",
          "word": "ציווי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "tsivúy",
          "sense": "command",
          "word": "צִוּוּי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "tzava'á",
          "sense": "command",
          "word": "צוואה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "tzava'á",
          "sense": "command",
          "word": "צַוָּאָה"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "he:Judaism",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mitzvah"
      ],
      "id": "en-מצווה-he-noun-uU5r~bHN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "mitzvah",
          "mitzvah#English:_Q265424"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) mitzvah"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "צ־ו־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "وَصِيَّة"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h)\n 0 terms\nCompare Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya), from a cognate root, though with the first two root letters metathesized.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "מְצַוֶּה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m'tsave",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "verb forms",
        "head": "מצווה / מְצַוֶּה",
        "tr": "m'tsave"
      },
      "expansion": "מצווה / מְצַוֶּה • (m'tsave)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "מְצַוֶּה",
        "tr": "m'tsave"
      },
      "expansion": "מצווה / מְצַוֶּה • (m'tsave)",
      "name": "he-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "12 4 44 40",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 1 37 36",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 40 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root צ־ו־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0436#לו_יג|36:13]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "v'haya 'im shamoa' tishm'u 'el mitsvotai 'asher 'anokhi m'tsave 'etkhem hayom l'ahava 'et H' 'eloheikhem ul'ovdo b'khol l'vavkhem uvkhol nafsh'khem. v'natati m'tar arts'khem b'ito yore umalkosh v'asafta d'ganekha v'tirosh'kha v'yitsharekha.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל מִצְוֺתַי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכֶם׃ וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "tsivá",
          "word": "ציווה"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Masculine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá)."
      ],
      "id": "en-מצווה-he-verb-rAVtjBBx",
      "links": [
        [
          "ציווה",
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        "participle",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}

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      },
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      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
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      },
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      "form": "מְצַוָּה",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "1": "he",
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      },
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    }
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "25 1 37 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "18 9 40 32",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "extra": "tsivá",
          "word": "ציווה"
        }
      ],
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        "Feminine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá)."
      ],
      "id": "en-מצווה-he-verb-sTnHzVIn",
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        [
          "ציווה",
          "ציווה#Hebrew"
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        "feminine",
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        "participle",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}
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    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew non-lemma forms",
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    {
      "roman": "bar mitsvá",
      "word": "בר מצווה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bar mitsvá",
      "word": "בַּר מִצְוָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mitsvát hak-hél",
      "word": "מצוות הקהל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mitsvát hak-hél",
      "word": "מִצְוַת הַקְהֵל"
    },
    {
      "word": "מצוות עשה"
    },
    {
      "word": "מצוות לא תעשה"
    },
    {
      "word": "שומר מצוות"
    },
    {
      "word": "תרי״ג מצוות"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "מִצְוָה",
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      "form": "מצוות",
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        "consdwv": "מִצְוַת־",
        "dwv": "מִצְוָה",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מצוות",
        "plwv": "מִצְווֹת",
        "tr": "mitsvá"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "These are the commandments and the ordinances, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.",
          "roman": "Eleh ha-mitsvot v-ha-mishpatim asher tsivah Adonai b-yad Moshe el b'nei Yisrael b'arvot Moav al yarden Y'reḥo.",
          "text": "אֵלֶּה הַמִּצְוֺת וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.",
          "roman": "v'haya 'im shamoa' tishm'u 'el mitsvotai 'asher 'anokhi m'tsave 'etkhem hayom l'ahava 'et Adonai 'eloheikhem ul'ovdo b'khol l'vavkhem uvkhol nafsh'khem. v'natati m'tar arts'khem b'ito yore umalkosh v'asafta d'ganekha v'tirosh'kha v'yitsharekha.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל מִצְוֺתַי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכֶם׃ וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commandment"
      ],
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        [
          "commandment",
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mitzvah"
      ],
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        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
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          "mitzvah",
          "mitzvah#English:_Q265424"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) mitzvah"
      ],
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        "Judaism"
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tsivúy",
      "sense": "command",
      "word": "ציווי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsivúy",
      "sense": "command",
      "word": "צִוּוּי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tzava'á",
      "sense": "command",
      "word": "צוואה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tzava'á",
      "sense": "command",
      "word": "צַוָּאָה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}

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          "english": "And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0436#לו_יג|36:13]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "v'haya 'im shamoa' tishm'u 'el mitsvotai 'asher 'anokhi m'tsave 'etkhem hayom l'ahava 'et H' 'eloheikhem ul'ovdo b'khol l'vavkhem uvkhol nafsh'khem. v'natati m'tar arts'khem b'ito yore umalkosh v'asafta d'ganekha v'tirosh'kha v'yitsharekha.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל מִצְוֺתַי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכֶם׃ וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "extra": "tsivá",
          "word": "ציווה"
        }
      ],
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        "Masculine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ציווה",
          "ציווה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}

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      "form": "מְצַוָּה",
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      "form": "m'tsava",
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        "Feminine singular present participle and present tense of ציווה (tsivá)."
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  ],
  "word": "מצווה"
}

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