וַ/תִּפְקֹ֥ד
𐤅/𐤕𐤐𐤒𐤃
pâqad
you charge
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 Samuel 3:8 · Word #29
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 HC/Vqw2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | you charge |
SIBI-P1 Translation H6485-71
and you attended to
| Morphological Notes | Qal sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem preserves the simple active sense of the root פקד, meaning to attend to or take account of. The sequential imperfect 2ms form is rendered "and you attended to," reflecting second person masculine singular in narrative sequence. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and you called to account
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 'and you attended to' is too broad; in this context (accusation of wrongly blaming), the verb means to impute blame, i.e., 'called to account.' |