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
notes		Pronounced פָּקַחְתֶּם and פָּקַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. 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

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