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Syriac
pḳd - to appoint over; to order, to command; to care for; to enumerate, to examine; to visit
(LSyr. 588, SL 122)
Meanings ‘to care for’ and ‘to visit’ are probably dependent on that of pḳd in the Hebrew original of the Old Testament (EDA I 179)
Reconstruction
PS
*pḳd
- to be attentive, interested in somebody or something
(EDA I 180)