pa.qid denotes an appointed official placed over people, work, territory, or a defined group.

The term consistently identifies an appointed official with oversight or command in a specified setting: over the land, provincial collections, temple personnel, city districts, or soldiers. The supplied verses show the same broad office applied across civil, military, and house-of-God contexts rather than clearly separating distinct lexical senses.

1. Appointed official responsible for a group or sphere · dominant

   The noun identifies persons assigned responsibility over a defined body, place, or task. In Genesis 41:34 the APB renders a plural appointment “over the land”; in Esther 2:3 it depicts officials appointed throughout the king’s provinces to gather women; and in Nehemiah 11:22 it places an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem. The same office language is used for Zebul in relation to Shechem in Judges 9:28, for a leader in the house of the LORD in Jeremiah 20:1, and for an official connected with the soldiers in 2 Kings 25:19.

   Genesis 41:34Esther 2:3Nehemiah 11:22Judges 9:28Jeremiah 20:12 Kings 25:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the office as “overseers,” “officers,” “officer,” “official,” and “leader” across these verses. Because its English is a whole-verse translation, these variations should be read as presentations of the clauses, not as separate definitions.