פקח

Hebrew

Root
פ־ק־ח (p-q-kh)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

פָּקַח • (pakákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to open (one's eyes)
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 4:35, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּפְקַח הַנַּעַר אֶת עֵינָיו
      vayifkákh haná'ar ét enáv
      and the child opened his eyes
  2. to give sight to
    • Tanach, Genesis 21:19, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּפְקַח אֱלֹהִים אֶת עֵינֶיהָ וַתֵּרֶא בְּאֵר מָיִם
      vayifkákh elohím ét enéha vatére b'ér máyim
      And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 6:17, with translation of the King James Version:
      פְּקַח נָא אֶת עֵינָיו וְיִרְאֶה
      p'kákh ná ét enáv v'yir'é
      I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see
    • Tanach, Psalms 146:8, with translation of the King James Version:
      יהוה פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים
      YHVH pokéakh 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

1 Pronounced פָּקַחְתֶּם and פָּקַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

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

  1. Someone sighted (not blind).
    • Tanach, 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 fikéakh 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

Verb

פִּקֵּחַ • (pikéakh) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of פיקח

Proper noun

פֶּקַח • (pékakh) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a male given name
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 15:25, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו פֶּקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ שָׁלִישׁוֹ
      vayikshór aláv pékakh bén r'malyáhu shalishó
      But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him

References

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