(Heb. Poke'reth,
ôֹּëֶøֶú
, ensnaring; Sept. (
ÖáêåñÜè
, v. r.
Öá÷åñÜè
, etc.), the name apparently of a person (“P. of Zebaim,” the Sept. in some copies supplies “son of” between the words) whose “children” were among the Nethinim that returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:57; Neh_7:59). B.C. ante 540.