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Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒋗𒋧 (/paqādu/, “to entrust”)
Verb
פקד • (pqad)
- to command
Hebrew
Verb
פָּקַד • (pakád) (pa'al construction)
- (transitive) to count
Tanach, Numbers 3:15, with translation of the King James Version:פְּקֹד אֶת בְּנֵי לֵוִי לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם כָּל זָכָר מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ וָמַעְלָה תִּפְקְדֵם- p'kod et b'ne leví l'vet avotám l'mishp'khotám kol zakhár mibén khódesh vamá'la tifk'dém
- Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
- (transitive) to visit, befall, remember
Tanach, Ruth 1:6, with translation of the King James Version:כִּי פָקַד יהוה אֶת עַמּוֹ לָתֵת לָהֶם לָחֶם- ki fakád YHVH et amó latét lahém lákhem
- how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread
Conjugation
Verb
פִּקֵּד • (pikéd) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of פיקד
Verb
פֻּּקַּד • (pukád) (pu'al construction)
- defective spelling of פוקד