tsa.vah denotes issuing directions or orders, whether for obedience to stated requirements or for a specified action.

The supplied verses consistently show the verb for giving directions that others are expected to carry out: instructions may state prohibitions, require observance of statutes, direct practical actions, or charge persons with a task. The same use occurs in divine speech and in instructions from kings, leaders, and family members.

1. Issuing directions for action or observance · dominant

   Perfect forms report directions already given: in 1 Kings 13:9 the stated instruction forbids eating, drinking, and returning by the same way, while 1 Kings 22:31 gives chariot commanders a specific restriction on whom to fight. Participial forms in Deuteronomy 10:13 and Deuteronomy 11:8 occur with commands to keep statutes and every commandment, and the sequential imperfect in 1 Chronicles 22:6 introduces David's charge to Solomon to build a house.

   1 Kings 13:91 Kings 22:31Deuteronomy 10:13Deuteronomy 11:81 Chronicles 22:6Amos 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “commanded” and also uses “charged” and “instructed” in clauses of direction. These English choices confirm the verse-level instruction without fixing a separate rendering in every occurrence.