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צַו apparently noun [masculine], dubious word; — in הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵיצָָֿ֑ו Hos 5:11 usually command, ordinance; < ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Che Now GASm שָׁוְא; elsewhere only צַו לָצָ֨ו צַו לָצָ֔ו (|| קַו לָקָו קָו קַו לָקָו ), Isa 28:10 in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words, and, Isa 28:13, of the unintelligible speech of ׳ י's foreign agents of judgement; Ges Che^Comm. and others (compare AV RV ) render command upon command; Ew Di (carpenter's) rule (+ קַו = line and rule), from √צָוָה (whence צִיּוּן); Du Che^{Hpt explain as mocking sounds} without sense.