הַ/מֻּפְקָדִ֖ים
𐤄/𐤌𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤉𐤌
pâqad
the overseers
To pay close attention to, attend to, or deal with someone or something, often as an act of oversight, inspection, or intervention. The verb can denote a range of activities including visiting, appointing responsibility, taking account, mustering (as for military or census), caring for, remembering with action, punishing, or bringing to reckoning. The context determines whether the action is positive (e.g., caring for, remembering favorably, appointing to office) or negative (e.g., punishing, exacting judgment, reckoning with).
2 Kings 22:5 · Word #7
Lexicon H6485
| Lemma | פָּקַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤐𐤒𐤃 |
| Transliteration | pâqad |
| Strong's | H6485 |
| Definition | To pay close attention to, attend to, or deal with someone or something, often as an act of oversight, inspection, or intervention. The verb can denote a range of activities including visiting, appointing responsibility, taking account, mustering (as for military or census), caring for, remembering with action, punishing, or bringing to reckoning. The context determines whether the action is positive (e.g., caring for, remembering favorably, appointing to office) or negative (e.g., punishing, exacting judgment, reckoning with). |
Morphology HTd/VHsmpa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | H — Hophal — Causative passive |
| Conjugation | s — Participle Passive — The one receiving the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | the overseers |
SIBI-P1 Translation H6485-15
the appointed ones
| Morphological Notes | Hophal (causative passive) participle, masculine plural absolute with definite article. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Hophal participle passive masculine plural denotes those who have been caused to be appointed or placed in responsibility. "The appointed ones" preserves the root sense of being attended to or assigned oversight while reflecting the passive participial form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
the overseers
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'the overseers' is preferable for context, conveying those who oversee the workers, rather than the more generic 'appointed ones.' |