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How to say "to command" in Hebrew

לְפַקֵּד

[lefaked]without vowels: לפקד

Meaning: to command

"to command" in Hebrew is לְפַקֵּד (lefaked). A verb in binyan pi'el, root פ-ק-ד. Present, past and future forms with transcription and audio.

Part of speech
verb
Binyan
pi'el
Root
פ-ק-ד

Examples: "to command" in the present, past and future

Present tense

heהוּא מְפַקֵּדmefaked
sheהִיא מְפַקֶּדֶתmefakedet
they (m.)הֵם מְפַקְּדִיםmefakdim
they (f.)הֵן מְפַקְּדוֹתmefakdot

Past tense

Iאֲנִי פִּיקַּדְתִּיpikadti
heהוּא פִּיקֵּדpiked
sheהִיא פִּיקְּדָהpikda
theyהֵם פִּיקְּדוּpikdu

Future tense

Iאֲנִי אֲפַקֵּדafaked
you (m.)אַתָּה תְּפַקֵּדtefaked
heהוּא יְפַקֵּדyfaked
sheהִיא תְּפַקֵּדtefaked

Transcription is approximate: Hebrew stress usually falls on the last syllable.

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