Overseer יַּפְקִדֵ֙

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 24, 2025 · 5m

We are in chapter 39 of Genesis with our word for today. יַּפְקִדֵ֙ from the root word פָּקַד visit, inspect, look at, see, attend to, command. It is used 299 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used to identify God himself as one who visits, inspects, or oversees. Job 34:13 Who פָקַ֣ד appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world? Job 36:23 Who has פָקַ֣ד prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’? Jeremiah 49:19 And I will אֶפְקֹ֑ד appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand…