pe.qod is a proper-name designation listed with Babylon and the Chaldeans and attached to inhabitants marked for attack.

The term is attested as a proper-name designation: it appears among Babylon and the Chaldeans in Ezekiel 23:23 and identifies inhabitants named in a command against them in Jeremiah 50:21.

1. Proper-name designation in named groups · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Ezekiel 23:23 the APB renders a named item in the list, “Pekod and Shoa and Koa,” alongside Babylon and the Chaldeans; in Jeremiah 50:21 it renders “the inhabitants of Pekod” as those against whom the command is directed.

   Ezekiel 23:23Jeremiah 50:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Pekod” in both verses: once within a list of named groups and once in the phrase “the inhabitants of Pekod.” It does not further define the term's specific contribution.