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).

H6485

2 Kings 22:5 · Word #7

Lexicon H6485

Lemmaפָּקַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤐𐤒𐤃
Transliterationpâqad
Strong'sH6485
DefinitionTo 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

Phrasethe overseers

SIBI-P1 Translation H6485-15

the appointed ones

Morphological NotesHophal (causative passive) participle, masculine plural absolute with definite article.
Rendering RationaleThe 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 P1No — adjusted for context
Rationale'the overseers' is preferable for context, conveying those who oversee the workers, rather than the more generic 'appointed ones.'