[Another interpretation] (of Numb. 3:40:) ENROLL (rt.: PQD) EVERY FIRST-BORN MALE. There is a use of the root PQD for the first born, as stated (ibid.): ENROLL (rt.: PQD) EVERY FIRST-BORN MALE.¹³⁵., Numb. 1:21, cont.; Numb. R. 4:4. There is a use of the root PQD for children (in I Sam. 2:21): FOR THE LORD VISITED (rt.: PQD) HANNAH; SO SHE CONCEIVED AND BORE THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. There is a use of the root PQD for watching over (in Job 10:12): AND YOUR PROVIDENCE (rt.: PQD) HAS WATCHED OVER MY SPIRIT. There is a use of the root PQD for peace (in Is. 60:17): AND I WILL APPOINT PEACE AS YOUR OVERSEER (rt.: PQD).

footnotes: ¹³⁵ Tanh