What does פְּקֻדָּה (pĕquddāh) mean in the Bible?
פְּקֻדָּה (pĕquddāh): Official inspection or accounting, often implying divine oversight of humans or human responsibility assigned by authority.
Hebrew · H6486
פְּקֻדָּה
Visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
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פְּקֻדָּה H6486
Pronunciation pĕquddāh
What does פְּקֻדָּה (pĕquddāh) mean in the Bible?
פְּקֻדָּה (pĕquddāh): Official inspection or accounting, often implying divine oversight of humans or human responsibility assigned by authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6486?
The BSB source-word alignment has 32 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of their punishment (7), . . . (2), [having] charge (1), [the day of] your visitation (1), according to the offices (1).
Where does פְּקֻדָּה (pĕquddāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 3:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (9), Numbers (5), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of their punishment 7× Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 11:23, Jeremiah 23:12, Jeremiah 46:21
. . . 2× 2 Chronicles 26:11, Jeremiah 52:11
[having] charge 1× Ezekiel 44:11
[the day of] your visitation 1× Micah 7:4
according to the offices 1× 1 Chronicles 24:3
and belongings 1× Isaiah 15:7
and Your care 1× Job 10:12
are their numbers 1× 2 Chronicles 17:14
as your governor 1× Isaiah 60:17
assigned 1× Numbers 3:36
assignment 1× 1 Chronicles 23:11
guards 1× 2 Kings 11:18
had charge of the affairs 1× 1 Chronicles 26:30
He has oversight 1× Numbers 4:16
he oversaw 1× Numbers 3:32
his position 1× Psalms 109:8
I punish them 1× Jeremiah 8:12
O executioners 1× Ezekiel 9:1
of punishment 1× Hosea 9:7
of reckoning 1× Isaiah 10:3
overseers 1× 2 Chronicles 24:11
shall oversee 1× Numbers 4:16
the fate 1× Numbers 16:29
the oversight 1× 2 Chronicles 23:18
their appointed order 1× 1 Chronicles 24:19
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 3:32 פְּקֻדַּ֕ת to he oversaw Noun - feminine singular construct Numbers 3:36 וּפְקֻדַּ֣ת to assigned Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Numbers 4:16 וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת to shall oversee Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Numbers 4:16 פְּקֻדַּ֗ת to He has oversight Noun - feminine singular construct Numbers 16:29 וּפְקֻדַּת֙ to the fate Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct 2 Kings 11:18 פְּקֻדּ֖וֹת to guards Noun - feminine plural 1 Chronicles 23:11 לִפְקֻדָּ֖ה to assignment Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular 1 Chronicles 24:3 לִפְקֻדָּתָ֖ם to according to the offices Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1 Chronicles 24:19 פְקֻדָּתָ֞ם to their appointed order Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1 Chronicles 26:30 פְּקֻדַּ֣ת to had charge of the affairs Noun - feminine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 3:32
Aligned rows 32
Books represented 11
Numbers 5 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 4 2 Chronicles 4 Job 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 9 Ezekiel 2 Hosea 1 Micah 1
Source forms
פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם 4x pə·qud·dā·ṯām Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 23:12, Jeremiah 48:44, Jeremiah 51:18
פְּקֻדַּ֣ת 2x pə·qud·daṯ 1 Chronicles 26:30, 2 Chronicles 24:11
פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ס 2x pə·qud·dā·ṯām Jeremiah 11:23, Jeremiah 50:27
הַפְּקֻדָּ֗ה 1x hap·pə·qud·dāh Hosea 9:7
הַפְּקֻדֹּ֖ת 1x hap·pə·qud·dōṯ Jeremiah 52:11
וּפְקֻדַּ֣ת 1x ū·p̄ə·qud·daṯ Numbers 3:36
וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת 1x ū·p̄ə·qud·daṯ Numbers 4:16
וּפְקֻדַּת֙ 1x ū·p̄ə·qud·daṯ Numbers 16:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 11x 1 Chronicles 24:19, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 26:11, Jeremiah 8:12
Noun - feminine singular construct 4x Numbers 3:32, Numbers 4:16, 1 Chronicles 26:30, 2 Chronicles 24:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct 3x Numbers 3:36, Numbers 4:16, Numbers 16:29
Noun - feminine plural 2x 2 Kings 11:18, Ezekiel 44:11
Noun - feminine plural construct 2x 2 Chronicles 23:18, Ezekiel 9:1
Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Jeremiah 52:11
Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Hosea 9:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Job 10:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Official inspection or accounting, often implying divine oversight of humans or human responsibility assigned by authority.
Source Gloss
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Official inspection or accounting, often implying divine oversight of humans or human responsibility assigned by authority.
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official) BDB: oversight Usage: account, (that have the) charge, custody, that which...laid up, numbers, office(-r), ordering, oversight, prison, reckoning, visitation.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Old Testament Witnesses
Visitation, oversight, or reckoning.
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Word Origins
פְּקֻדָּה is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The day of visitation emphasizes divine accountability for unjust leadership. Isaiah 10:1-4
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain