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Strong's #6491 - פָּקַח
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- to open (the eyes)
- (Qal)
- to open (the eyes)
- to open (the ears)
- (Niphal) to be opened
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2631) hqp (פקהה PQHh) AC: Open CO: ? AB: ?: The opening of the eyes or ears as being perceptive. [from: qp]
V) hqp (פקהה PQHh) - Open: To open the eyes or ears. KJV (20): (vf: Paal, Niphal) open - Strongs: H6491 (פָּקַח)
Nm) hqp (פקהה PQHh) - Seeing: As with open eyes. KJV (2): open - Strongs: H6493 (פִּקֵּחַ)
lcm) hfqhqp (פקההקוהה PQHhQWHh) - Open: [Written as two words in the Masoretic text - xwq xqp] KJV (1): opening - Strongs: H6495 (פְּקַח־קוֹחַ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳פ Job 27:19; 2 masculine singular מָּקַחְתָּ Job 14:3; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּפְקַח Genesis 21:19 +; 1 singular אֶפְקַח Zechariah 12:4; Imperative masculine singular מְּקַח 2 Kings 6:17 +, so Daniel 9:18 Qr (Kt פקחה); Infinitive absolute מָּקוֺחַ Isaiah 42:20; construct לִפְקֹחַ Isaiah 42:7; Participle active מֹּקֵחַ Psalm 146:8; passive feminine plural מְּקֻחוֺת Jeremiah 32:19; —
1 open eyes:
a. one's own 2 Kings 4:35; Job 27:19; Proverbs 20:13; 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18; + עַל Jeremiah 32:19; Zechariah 12:4; Job 14:3.
b. eyes of others Genesis 21:19; 2 Kings 6:17 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:20 (twice in verse); Isaiah 42:7; Psalm 146:8; — for details see עַיִן
1j. 2. open ears = hear Isaiah 42:20 (without understanding; figurative of Israel).
Niph`al Perfect 3 plural consecutive וְנִפְקְחוּ Genesis 3:5; Imperfect 3 feminine plural תִּמָּקַחְנָה Isaiah 35:5, ׳וַתּ Genesis 3:7; — be opened, of eyes; figurative, so as to know good and evil Genesis 3:5,7; opposed to blindness (figurative) Isaiah 35:5.
פָּקַח to open, specially with עֵינַיִם the eyes, 2 Kings 4:35, 19:16 Job 27:19, etc.; once used of the ears (Isaiah 42:20). To open (one’s) eyes upon any one (followed by עַלּ) is to observe him diligently, Job 14:3 to care for him, Zechariah 12:4. Absol. to open the eyes, or to have them open, i.q. to be vigilant, diligent, opp. to lazy, drowsy, Proverbs 20:13. Elsewhere God is said to open any one’s eyes, in a double sense
(a) to restore sight to the blind, 2 Kings 6:17, 20 2 Kings 6:20; Psalms 146:8; Isaiah 42:7.
(b) to enable to see things, which otherwise are hidden from the eyes of mortals, Genesis 21:19 compare Niphal.
Niphal, to be opened (used of the eyes), Isaiah 35:5. Metaph. Genesis 3:5,.
Derived nouns, פֶּקַח-פְּקַח־קוֹחַ.