תַּפְקִיד m.n. PBH 1 order, command, charge, trust. NH 2 task, mission, appointment, assignment. NH 3 role, part. [Verbal n. of הִפֽקיד, ‘he committed, entrusted; he appointed’, Hiph. of פקד. This is the only verbal noun of the form ‘taqtīl’ from Talmudic times formed from the Hiph. See תַּדְרִיךְ.] Derivative: תפקד.