Original: פָּקַד

Transliteration: pâqad

Phonetic: paw-kad'

Short Definition: Appoint

Original: פּקד

Transliteration: pâqad

Phonetic: paw-kad'

BDB Definition:

1. to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for (verb)
   1. (Qal)
      1. to pay attention to, observe
      2. to attend to
      3. to seek, look about for
      4. to seek in vain, need, miss, lack
      5. to visit
      6. to visit upon, punish
      7. to pass in review, muster, number
      8. to appoint, assign, lay upon as a charge, deposit
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking
      2. to be visited
      3. to be visited upon
      4. to be appointed
      5. to be watched over
   3. (Piel) to muster, call up
   4. (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account
   5. (Hiphil)
      1. to set over, make overseer, appoint an overseer
      2. to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit
   6. (Hophal)
      1. to be visited
      2. to be deposited
      3. to be made overseer, be entrusted
   7. (Hithpael) numbered
   8. (Hothpael) numbered
2. musterings, expenses (noun masculine plural abstract)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1802

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H4662, H4663, H6486, H6487, H6488, H6489, H6490, H6496