pa.qad denotes counting or registering people, assigning oversight, attending to a matter, and holding wrongdoing to account.

The supplied verses most often place pa.qad in counting, registering, or mustering people and resources. It also occurs for assigning persons to responsibility, for attention to a person or situation, for absence or lack, and for holding wrongdoing to account through punishment.

1. Count, register, or muster · dominant

   Qal forms occur where people or materials are counted or assembled: in 1 Kings 20:15 the APB renders the clauses “he mustered” the young men and then “they numbered” a stated total, while in 1 Chronicles 23:24 a passive participle describes heads of households “listed by name.” The same listing context appears in Exodus 30:13, where the passive participle modifies everyone who gives the contribution.

   1 Kings 20:151 Samuel 11:81 Chronicles 23:24Exodus 30:132 Samuel 24:4Isaiah 13:4
2. Assign or place under oversight · common

   Hiphil forms mark placing people or things under designated supervision. In 1 Kings 14:27 the APB renders the action as assigning the shields to the commanders, and in Esther 2:3 it renders the king's directive as appointing officers; passive participles in 2 Chronicles 34:10 describe supervisors “appointed over” the work.

   1 Kings 14:271 Chronicles 26:32Esther 2:32 Chronicles 12:102 Chronicles 34:10Deuteronomy 20:9
3. Hold wrongdoing to account with punishment · common

   In clauses concerning iniquity or transgressions, Qal forms accompany announced judgment. Exodus 20:5 places the active participle in the clause about iniquity reaching later generations, Hosea 4:9 joins the action to repayment for deeds, and Amos 3:14 joins it to punishment of Israel's transgressions and Bethel's altars.

   Exodus 20:5Deuteronomy 5:9Hosea 1:4Hosea 4:9Amos 3:14Isaiah 24:22
4. Be absent, missing, or lacking · occasional

   Niphal forms describe a person's absence: in 1 Samuel 20:18 the APB renders David as “missed,” and in 1 Samuel 20:25 his place as “empty.” The same lack is explicit in 1 Samuel 25:21, where nothing is “missing” from what David guarded.

   1 Samuel 20:61 Samuel 20:181 Samuel 20:251 Samuel 25:151 Samuel 25:211 Kings 20:39
5. Attend to or inspect a person or matter · occasional

   Qal forms can concern directed attention rather than a tally. In 1 Samuel 15:2 the speaker says that Amalek's action against Israel has been taken into account, in 1 Samuel 17:18 the command concerns the brothers' welfare, and in 1 Samuel 2:21 the LORD's action toward Hannah is followed by her conceiving and bearing children.

   1 Samuel 15:21 Samuel 17:181 Samuel 2:21Hosea 8:13Hosea 9:9Isaiah 26:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB varies among “mustered,” “listed,” “assigned,” “missed,” “taken note,” and “punish.” Because the English is a whole-verse translation, those renderings show the clauses' contexts rather than fixed equivalents.