פקח

Hebrew[edit]

Root
פ־ק־ח (p-q-ḥ)

פָּקַח • (pakách) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

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
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 of פָּקַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לפקוח / לִפְקֹחַ action noun: פְּקִיחָה passive participle: פָּקוּחַ
finite forms		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.

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

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?
(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

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

פֶּקַח • (pékach) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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