פָּקַח

pa.qachto openHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb20 occurrences9 books18 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
Traditional renderings: open.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

20 total
  1. Genesis 3:5וְנִפְקְח֖וּ · opened
    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  2. Genesis 3:7וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ · were opened
    And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
  3. Genesis 21:19וַיִּפְקַ֤ח · opened
    Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
  4. 2 Kings 4:35וַיִּפְקַ֥ח · and opened
    Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
  5. 2 Kings 6:17פְּקַח־ · open; וַיִּפְקַ֤ח · opened
    Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
  6. 2 Kings 6:20פְּקַ֥ח · open; וַיִּפְקַ֤ח · opened
    When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
  7. 2 Kings 19:16פְּקַ֧ח · open
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  8. Job 14:3פָּקַ֣חְתָּ · Do You open
    Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
  9. Job 27:19פָּקַ֣ח · when he opens
    He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
  10. Psalm 146:8פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ · opens [the eyes of]
    …the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  11. Proverbs 20:13פְּקַ֖ח · open
    Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
  12. Isaiah 35:5תִּפָּקַ֖חְנָה · will be opened
    Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  13. Isaiah 37:17פְּקַ֧ח · open
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  14. Isaiah 42:7לִפְקֹ֖חַ · to open
    …to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
  15. Isaiah 42:20פָּק֥וֹחַ · are open
    Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
  16. Jeremiah 32:19פְקֻח֗וֹת
    …the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  17. Daniel 9:18פִּקְחָה · open
    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  18. Zechariah 12:4אֶפְקַ֣ח · I will keep a watchful
    On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.