פָּקַ֧ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 פָּקַ֧ד

   pa-KAD

   he mustered or appointed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 פָּקַ֧ד אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֛ם

   pa-KAD ET-kol-ha-AM

   he mustered or appointed {direct object marker} all the people
3. clause🔊 וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם פָּקַ֧ד אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֛ם כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִֽים׃

   ve-a-kha-re-HEM pa-KAD ET-kol-ha-AM kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM

   and after them he mustered or appointed {direct object marker} all the people all the sons of Israel seven of thousands
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּפְקֹ֗ד אֶֽת־נַעֲרֵי֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת וַיִּהְי֕וּ מָאתַ֖יִם שְׁנַ֣יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם פָּקַ֧ד אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֛ם כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִֽים׃

   va-yif-KOD ET-na-a-RE sa-RE ha-me-di-NOT va-yih-YU ma-a-TA-yim she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-kha-re-HEM pa-KAD ET-kol-ha-AM kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM

   and he mustered or appointed {direct object marker} youths of princes or officials of the provinces or districts and they were two hundred two and thirty and after them he mustered or appointed {direct object marker} all the people all the sons of Israel seven of thousands

Exegesis

The transition ve- in veaḥărêhem paqad {וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם פָּקַד | vәaḥărêhem pǎqǎd} ‘and after them he mustered’ introduces the muster of kol hā‘ām kol bənê Yisra’ēl šiv‘at ʾālāp̄îm {כָּל־הָעָם כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים | kol hā‘ām kol bənê Yisra’ēl šiv‘at ʾālāp̄îm} ‘all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand’. English omits the particle et, preserves SVO order, and retains emphasis on social ranks and precise enumeration.

Root and etymology

p-q-d🔊 pe–qoph–dalet

“to muster; attend to”

• 🔊 מִפְקָדmip̄qāḏcensusNumbers 26:2