צִיוּוּי

צִיוּוּי, צִוּוּיm. (צָיָה, Pi.) command. Y.Kil.I, 27b top אין כתיב בצ׳ אלא בהוצאה (not בציוי) ‘after its kind (with reference to herbs) is not written in the command (Gen. 1:11), but only in the ‘bringing forth (ib. 12). Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c מאה … דבר אמירה צ׳ one hundred and seventy-five sections in the Torah are introduced by dabber, ĕmor, or tsav. Y.Yoma I, 38b לצ׳ (not לציוו) as to the execution of the order (Lev. 8:5 sq.), opp. למצוה as to the general command (Ex. 29:9). Num. R. s. 7 כל מקום שנאמר צ׳ הצ׳ מידוכ׳ wherever the word tsav is used, the order refers to the immediate present and to the future; אין צ׳ … זריזות tsav has everywhere the meaning of encouraging; אין צ׳ … חסרון כיס tsav always refers to a loss of money (material sacrifice); אין צ׳ … אזהרה tsav means warning. Gen. R. s. 20, beg. מפני מה הניחו צִוּוּיְךָ … אחרי צִוּוּיִ why left they thy command unheeded, and followed my command? Ib. s. 19 עברו על צִיוּוּיִ they transgressed my command. Ib. s. 63 (play on וית̇ר̇צ̇צ̇ו, Gen. 25:22) זה מת̇יר̇ צִֹוּוּיוֹ שלוכ׳ each annuls what the other commands; a. fr.Pl. צִיוּוּיִם, צִיוּוּיִין, צִוּ׳. Lev. R. s. 1; Y.Ber.IV, 8a top י״ח צ׳וכ׳ eighteen executions of the orders (‘as the Lord commanded) are contained in the second record of the Tabernacle (Ex. 28:23 40:38).