How to say "commandment" in Arabic

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Meaningcommandment

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

وَصِيَّة

waṣiyyaוציה

وصية

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מצווה

mitsvaمِتْسْڤَا

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

و-ص-ي

الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر

al-waṣāyā al-ʿashrאל-וצאיא אל-עשר

the Ten Commandments

وَصَايَا

waṣāyāוצאיא

broken plural, as in al-waṣāyā al-ʿashr