פקד

• ܦܩܲܕ

Compare Akkadian 𒋗𒋧 (/⁠paqādu⁠/, “to entrust”)

פקד • (pqad)

1. to command

פָּקַד • (pakád) (pa'al construction)

1. (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'chotám kol zachár mibén chódesh 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.

2. (transitive) to visit, befall, remember
   • Tanach, Exodus 3:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם

     pakód pakádti etchém

     I have surely remembered you

   • Tanach, Exodus 20:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     פֹּקֵד עֲו‍ֹן אָבֹת עַל בָּנִים

     pokéd avón avót al baním

     visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children

   • 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 láchem

     how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread

פִּקֵּד • (pikéd) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of פיקד

פֻּּקַּד • (pukád) (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of פוקד
   • Tanach, Exodus 38:21:
     :

     אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה

     'ashér pukád al pi moshé

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)