'Function' in the Bible

Help me understand how your precepts function, and I will meditate on your wondrous acts.

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Earnestly remember your Creator before the silver cord [of life] is broken, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher at the fountain is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

"If these laws cease to function in my presence," declares the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel will cease to be a nation in my presence for all time!"