פקח

פקח

Hebrew

Root
פ־ק־ח‎ (p-q-ḥ)

Verb

פָּקַח • (pakách) (pa'al construction)

1. to open (one's eyes)
   • 2 Kings 4:35, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיִּפְקַח הַנַּעַר אֶת עֵינָיו‎

     vayifkách hanáar ét enáv

     and the child opened his eyes

2. to give sight to
   • Genesis 21:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיִּפְקַח אֱלֹהִים אֶת עֵינֶיהָ וַתֵּרֶא בְּאֵר מָיִם‎

     vayifkách elohím ét enéha vatére b'ér máyim

     And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water

   • 2 Kings 6:17, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏פְּקַח נָא אֶת עֵינָיו וְיִרְאֶה‎

     p'kách ná ét enáv v'yir'é

     I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see

   • Psalms 146:8, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏יהוה פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים‎

     YHVH pokéach ivrím

     The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind

Conjugation

Conjugation of פָּקַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לפקוח / לִפְקֹחַ‎ action noun: פְּקִיחָה‎ passive participle: פָּקוּחַ‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	פָּקַחְתִּי‎		פָּקַחְנוּ‎
	second	פָּקַחְתָּ‎	פָּקַחְתְּ‎	פְּקַחְתֶּם‎1	פְּקַחְתֶּן‎1
	third	פָּקַח	פָּקְחָה‎	פָּקְחוּ‎
present		פּוֹקֵחַ‎	פּוֹקַחַת‎	פּוֹקְחִים‎	פּוֹקְחוֹת‎
future	first	אֶפְקַח‎		נִפְקַח‎
	second	תִּפְקַח‎	תִּפְקְחִי‎	תִּפְקְחוּ‎	תִּפְקַחְנָה‎2
	third	יִפְקַח‎	תִּפְקַח‎	יִפְקְחוּ‎	תִּפְקַחְנָה‎2
imperative		פְּקַח	פִּקְחִי‎	פִּקְחוּ‎	פְּקַחְנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced פָּקַחְתֶּם‎ and פָּקַחְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

פִּקֵּחַ • (pikéach) m (plural indefinite פקחים‎, feminine counterpart פקחת‎)

1. Someone sighted (not blind).
   • Exodus 4:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏מִי־יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר‎

     mi-yasúm 'ilém 'ó cherésh 'ó fikéach 'ó 'ivér

     who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?

2. (by extension) Someone hearing (not deaf).
   • c. 200, Mishna, יבמות‎ 14:1:

     ‏חרש שנשא פקחת ופקח שנשא חרשת‎

     A deaf man who married a hearing woman or a hearing man who married a deaf woman

Proper noun

פֶּקַח • (pékach) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a male given name
   • 2 Kings 15:25, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו פֶּקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ שָׁלִישׁוֹ‎

     vayikshór aláv pékach bén r'malyáhu shalishó

     But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him

References

• H6491 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible