פקח

Hebrew
Root
פ־ק־ח (p-q-ḥ)

Pronunciation
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Verb

פָּקַח • (pakách) third-singular masculine past (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
      vayifkách hanáar 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
      vayifkách 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'kách 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 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 פָּקַחְתִּיפָּקַחְנוּ
second פָּקַחְתָּפָּקַחְתְּפְּקַחְתֶּם1פְּקַחְתֶּן1
third פָּקַחפָּקְחָהפָּקְחוּ
present פּוֹקֵחַפּוֹקַחַתפּוֹקְחִיםפּוֹקְחוֹת
future first אֶפְקַחנִפְקַח
second תִּפְקַחתִּפְקְחִיתִּפְקְחוּתִּפְקַחְנָה2
third יִפְקַחתִּפְקַחיִפְקְחוּתִּפְקַחְנָה2
imperative פְּקַחפִּקְחִיפִּקְחוּפְּקַחְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced פָּקַחְתֶּם and פָּקַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

פִּקֵּחַ • (pikéach) 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 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

Verb

פִּקֵּחַ • (pikéakh) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of פיקח

Proper noun

פֶּקַח • (pékach) 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 pékach bén r'malyáhu shalishó
      But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him

References
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