פָּקַד (b. h.) [to search, examine] 1) to visit; (euphem.) to have marital connection with. Yeb. 62ᵇ ואינו פוֹקְדָהּ and does not visit her (in due time, v. עוֹנָה I). Ib. חייב אדם לִפְקוֹד וכו׳ a man is bound to visit his wife before going on a journey.—Treat. S’maḥ. ch. VIII יוצאין … ופוֹקְדִין על המתים וכ׳ you may go out to the burial ground and call upon the dead until three days (after being placed in the sepulchral chamber), and there is no superstitious practice in that; מעשה שפְּקָדוֹ אחד וכ׳ it occurred that one visited an entombed person, and the latter (was found living and) lived twenty years thereafter; a. fr. —2) (of the Lord) to visit, remember, decree upon. Tanḥ. Vayera 14 בלשון … אני פוֹקְדָךְ with the same expression … I will remember thee (bless thee with issue). Ib. הרוני פוֹקֵד לאברהם וכ׳ I will remember Abraham (relieve him from impotence) at the same time with Abimelech (ref. to Gen. XX, 17-XXI, 1). Pesik. R. s. 43 כשבא לפקוד את חנה when the Lord came to visit Hannah; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. פָּקוּד; f. פְּקוּדָה; pl. פְּקוּדִים, פְּקוּדִין; פְּקוּדוֹת. Snh. 97ᵃ עד שהראשונה פ׳ שנייה וכ׳ while the first calamity is remembered (by the Lord for delivery), the second quickly comes. —3) to count, muster; v. פָּקוּד, פְּקִידָה, פִּיקּוּד. —4) (denom. of פָּקִיד, interch. with Hif.) to give in charge, entrust, deposit. Pesik. R. l. c. בעל פקדונות אני … פּוֹקֵד אצלי אני נותן לו I (the Lord) am a trustee, whatever a man deposits with me, I give back to him. Ib. נפשות פְּקַדְתֶּם אצלי וכ׳ you (Abraham and Sarah) deposited souls with me (converted souls to the belief in me), I will pay you back in souls (ref. to Gen. XXI, 1); a. fr. —5) (denom. of פָּקִיד) to command, order. Ib. s. 42 פָּקַדְתִּי לאדם וכ׳ I gave Adam a command, and he did not do it; פקדתי למלאך וכ׳ I commissioned the angel of death, and he did (what I commanded him). Shebu. VII, 7 (45ᵃ) שבועה שלא פְּקָדָנוּ אבא we swear that our father has not left us any order (concerning this case); Y. Keth. VII, 33ᵇ פִּיקְּדָנוּ. Shebu. 48ᵇ מה לי שלא פְקָרַנֵי אבא ושלא פקדני אחי what is the difference between the oath of an heir ‘that my father has not left me an order’, and ‘that my brother &c.’?; a. fr.
    Pi. - פִּיקֵּד same, v. supra.
    Nif. - נִפְקַד,
    Hithpa. - הִתְפַּקֵּד, , Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּד 1) to be visited, remembered, decreed upon. Gen. R. s. 53 בשעה שנִפְקְדָה … נִפְקְדוּ עמה when Sarah was visited &c., v. עֲקָרָה. Ib. אינו דין שתִּפָּקֵד is it not right that she should be visited? Tanḥ. Vayera 13 תהי נִפְקֶדֶת she shall be remembered. R. Hash. 11ᵃ. Pesik. R. s. 42 בדין הוא שיִפָּקֵד אברהם it is right that Abraham be visited. Ib. שתִּתְפַּקֵּד אף היא that she be likewise visited. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 150ᵇ (quot. from Rab’s New Year’s prayer) ובריות בו יִפָּקֵדוּ להזכירם וכ׳ and creatures are passed upon on that day to record them for life or for death; a. fr. —2) to be commanded, commissioned. Pesik. R. l. c. יש שנתפ׳ ולא עשה וכ׳ some are commanded and do not (what they are ordered to) &c. Mekh. B’shall., Vayassʿa, s. 4 עשו מה שנִתְפַּקְּדוּ they did what they were commanded to do; a. e.
    Hif. - הִפְקִיד 1) to give in charge, deposit. B. Mets. III, 1 המַפְקִיד אצל וכ׳ if a man deposits for safe-keeping with his neighbor &c. Ib. 36ᵃ sq. כל המפקיד על דעת אשתו ובניו הוא מפקיד he who deposits with his neighbor, does so with the presumptive condition that the latter’s wife and children be also trustees (and it was no breach of trust to leave the deposit in their charge). Gen. R. s. 53 עמלק ה׳ אצלי וכ׳ Amalek deposited with me bundles of thorns (wrong-doings) &c.; שרה הִפְקִידָה אצלי וכ׳ Sarah deposited with me virtues and good deeds &c. Pesik. R. s. 43; a. fr.—B. Mets. 35ᵃ ופרקין המפקיד הוה and our subject at college was hammafḳid (the Mishnah B. Mets. l. c. and the discussions concerning it).—Part. pass. מוּפְקָד; f. מוּפְקֶדֶת &c. B. Kam. 105ᵃ כגון שהיתה … מופ׳ ביד אחרים when his father’s bag was left in trust with other people; a. e. —2) to take charge of. Yalk. Deut. 847 הַפְקֵד לי הפקדון הזה take this object in charge for me.