פקד

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܦܩܲܕ

Etymology

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

Verb

פקד • (pqad)

1. to command

Hebrew

Root
פ־ק־ד (p-q-d)
9 terms

Verb

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'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.

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

     פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם

     pakód pakádti etkhém

     I have surely remembered you

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

     פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן 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 lákhem

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of פָּקַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לפקוד / לִפְקֹד
		action noun		פְּקִידָה
		passive participle		פָּקוּד
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	פָּקַדְתִּי		פָּקַדְנוּ
	second	פָּקַדְתָּ	פָּקַדְתְּ	פְּקַדְתֶּם1	פְּקַדְתֶּן1
	third	פָּקַד	פָּקְדָה	פָּקְדוּ
present		פּוֹקֵד	פּוֹקֶדֶת	פּוֹקְדִים	פּוֹקְדוֹת
future	first	אפקוד / אֶפְקֹד		נפקוד / נִפְקֹד
	second	תפקוד / תִּפְקֹד	תִּפְקְדִי	תִּפְקְדוּ	תפקודנה / תִּפְקֹדְנָה2
	third	יפקוד / יִפְקֹד	תפקוד / תִּפְקֹד	יִפְקְדוּ	תפקודנה / תִּפְקֹדְנָה2
imperative		פקוד / פְּקֹד	פִּקְדִי	פִּקְדוּ	פקודנה / פְּקֹדְנָה2

¹ Pronounced פָּקַדְתֶּם and פָּקַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

פִּקֵּד • (pikéd) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of פיקד

Verb

פֻּקַּד • (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)