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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פְּקֻדָּהH6486
Pronunciationpĕquddāh
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 Itof their punishment7×Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 11:23, Jeremiah 23:12, Jeremiah 46:21
. . .2×2 Chronicles 26:11, Jeremiah 52:11
[having] charge1×Ezekiel 44:11
[the day of] your visitation1×Micah 7:4
according to the offices1×1 Chronicles 24:3
and belongings1×Isaiah 15:7
and Your care1×Job 10:12
are their numbers1×2 Chronicles 17:14
as your governor1×Isaiah 60:17
assigned1×Numbers 3:36
assignment1×1 Chronicles 23:11
guards1×2 Kings 11:18
had charge of the affairs1×1 Chronicles 26:30
He has oversight1×Numbers 4:16
he oversaw1×Numbers 3:32
his position1×Psalms 109:8
I punish them1×Jeremiah 8:12
O executioners1×Ezekiel 9:1
of punishment1×Hosea 9:7
of reckoning1×Isaiah 10:3
overseers1×2 Chronicles 24:11
shall oversee1×Numbers 4:16
the fate1×Numbers 16:29
the oversight1×2 Chronicles 23:18
their appointed order1×1 Chronicles 24:19
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Numbers 3:32פְּקֻדַּ֕תtohe oversawNoun - feminine singular constructNumbers 3:36וּפְקֻדַּ֣תtoassignedConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructNumbers 4:16וּפְקֻדַּ֞תtoshall overseeConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructNumbers 4:16פְּקֻדַּ֗תtoHe has oversightNoun - feminine singular constructNumbers 16:29וּפְקֻדַּת֙tothe fateConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct2 Kings 11:18פְּקֻדּ֖וֹתtoguardsNoun - feminine plural1 Chronicles 23:11לִפְקֻדָּ֖הtoassignmentPreposition-l | Noun - feminine singular1 Chronicles 24:3לִפְקֻדָּתָ֖םtoaccording to the officesPreposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural1 Chronicles 24:19פְקֻדָּתָ֞םtotheir appointed orderNoun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural1 Chronicles 26:30פְּקֻדַּ֣תtohad charge of the affairsNoun - feminine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowNumbers 3:32
Aligned rows32
Books represented11
Numbers52 Kings11 Chronicles42 Chronicles4Job1Psalms1Isaiah3Jeremiah9Ezekiel2Hosea1Micah1
Source forms
פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם4xpə·qud·dā·ṯāmJeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 23:12, Jeremiah 48:44, Jeremiah 51:18
פְּקֻדַּ֣ת2xpə·qud·daṯ1 Chronicles 26:30, 2 Chronicles 24:11
פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ס2xpə·qud·dā·ṯāmJeremiah 11:23, Jeremiah 50:27
הַפְּקֻדָּ֗ה1xhap·pə·qud·dāhHosea 9:7
הַפְּקֻדֹּ֖ת1xhap·pə·qud·dōṯJeremiah 52:11
וּפְקֻדַּ֣ת1xū·p̄ə·qud·daṯNumbers 3:36
וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת1xū·p̄ə·qud·daṯNumbers 4:16
וּפְקֻדַּת֙1xū·p̄ə·qud·daṯNumbers 16:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural11x1 Chronicles 24:19, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 26:11, Jeremiah 8:12
Noun - feminine singular construct4xNumbers 3:32, Numbers 4:16, 1 Chronicles 26:30, 2 Chronicles 24:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct3xNumbers 3:36, Numbers 4:16, Numbers 16:29
Noun - feminine plural2x2 Kings 11:18, Ezekiel 44:11
Noun - feminine plural construct2x2 Chronicles 23:18, Ezekiel 9:1
Article | Noun - feminine plural1xJeremiah 52:11
Article | Noun - feminine singular1xHosea 9:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular1xJob 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 definitionSource: 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.
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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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