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title: פָּקִיד — commissioner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּקִיד (6496), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: commissioner. BDB 1906: n.m. commissioner, deputy, overseer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּקִיד

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«פָּקִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **commissioner** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 6496 · **BDB:** פָּקִיד

### Glosses

overseer (2); overseers (2); \[was\].an.officer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

commissioner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6496/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. commissioner, deputy, overseer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6496/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. commissioner, deputy, overseer;—abs. פ׳ Je 20:1 +; cstr. פְּקִיד 2 Ch 24:11; Ne 11:22; sf. פְּקִידוֹ Ju 9:28; pl. פְּקִדִים Gn 41:34 Je 29:26, פְּקִידִים 2 Ch 31:13; Est 2:3;—commissioner, for special duty Gn 41:34 (E), Est 2:3; permanent deputy of king Ju 9:28, of priest 2 Ch 24:11, of Levites 31:13; overseer, one in charge of men, c. עַל of soldiers 2 K 25:19 = Je 52:25, Benjamites Ne 11:9, priests v 14; abs., without עַל Je 29:26 (of priest in temple, reading פָּקִיד Vrss Gie), cf. 20:1 (v. נָגִיד 3); c. sf. of Levites Ne 11:22, singers 12:42.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּקִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6496/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.9/)

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וְיוֹאֵ֥ל בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י פָּקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וִיהוּדָ֧ה בֶן־הַסְּנוּאָ֛ה עַל־הָעִ֖יר מִשְׁנֶֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and Joel the.son of.Zikri \[was\].overseer over them and Judah the.son of Hassenuah over the city \[was\].second.in.command

*JPS 1917:* And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

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[Nehemiah 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.14/)

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וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה וּפָקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־הַגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and brothers their mighty.\[men\] of.strength one.hundred twenty and eight and.\[was\] overseer over them Zabdiel the.son of the.great.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

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