Word

פָּקַח

pâqach · H6491 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to be open

Literally: to open (one's) ears; hence: action by which humans make an effort to hear

Examples
Isaiah 42:20 You have seen many things, but you do not retain them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.
to make see

Literally: to open (someone else's) eyes; hence: causative action by which deities give humans the ability to see things that they were not able to see before

Examples
Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
Genesis 21:19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
to wake up

Literally: to open (one's) eyes; hence: process by which humans wake up from sleep or death

Examples
2 Kings 4:35 Then he returned and walked in the house back and forth once, and went up and bent down on him; and the boy sneezed seven times, then the boy opened his eyes.
Job 27:19 “He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it no longer exists.
to keep awake

Literally: to open (one's) eyes; hence: action by which humans try to keep themselves from falling asleep

Examples
Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
to look

Literally: to open (one's) eyes; hence: action by which deities make an active effort to see something

Examples
2 Kings 19:16 “Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God.
Job 14:3 “You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Isaiah 37:17 “Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, LORD, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to taunt the living God.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 7
עַיִןeye, sight 4
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 3
Not stated (infinitive) 2
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
נַעַרyoung man, servant, boy 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

16 occurrences in 3 groups

עַיִןeye, sight 14
אֹזֶןear 1
עִוֵּרblind 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ בַּיִתhouse, household 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
לto/for+ נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָזat that time 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדַעto know 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

פָּתַח pâthach · H6605 · to open, to open up: The target lexeme and פָּתַח both denote opening in Hebrew usage — of eyes, ears, and the like — and are near-synonyms for the sense of enabling access or perception by opening.

In the other Testament 2 words

διανοίγω dianoígō · G1272 · to open, to make open, to explain: Greek διανοίγω (dianoígō, G1272) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew פָּקַח (pâqach, H6491), both denoting the action of opening (eyes, ears, understanding) with διανοίγω's intensified prefix δια- capturing the thorough or complete nature of the opening action inherent in the Hebrew verb's usage across contexts.
ἀνοίγω anoígō · G455 · to open, to make open, to regain one’s hearing: Greek ἀνοίγω directly translates Hebrew פָּקַח in contexts of opening (eyes, doors, or metaphorical unveiling), representing the standard LXX rendering of this Hebrew root across its literal and figurative applications.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Able002001001001: The word's opening of the eyes to perceive enables a newly granted capability, as when Hagar's opened eyes allow her to see the well of water in Genesis 21:19.
Awake002001001005: This domain's connection to פָּקַח is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of eyes opened to perceive rather than waking from sleep.
Hear002004001003: This domain's connection to פָּקַח is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of eyes opened to see rather than ears opened to hear.
See002004001005: פָּקַח most often means to open the eyes so as to see, as when Adam and Eve's eyes are opened and they know they are naked in Genesis 3:7, when God opens Hagar's eyes to see the well in Genesis 21:19, when the Shunammite's son opens his eyes after Elisha revives him in 2 Kings 4:35, and when Elisha prays that the LORD would open his servant's eyes to see the horses and chariots of fire in 2 Kings 6:17.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּקַחpâqach · H6491פִּקֵּחַ piqqêach · H6493 · seeing · 2×פְּקַח־קוֹחַ pᵉqach-qôwach · H6495 · release, liberation · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6491. paqach מָּקַח verb open eyes and (once) ears (Late Hebrew id., open (and remove)…

H6491. paqach
מָּקַח verb open eyes and (once) ears (Late Hebrew id., open (and remove) rubbish heap, followed by עַל look to, attend to; Arabic blossom, II. open eyes; Jewish-Aramaic מְּקַח open eyes, etc.; Syriac blossom; —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ Job 27:19; Job 27:2masculine singular מָּקַחְתָּ Job 14:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְקַח Gen 21:19 +; 1 singular אֶפְקַח Zec 12:4; Imperative masculine singular מְּקַח 2Ki 6:17 +, so Dan 9:18 Qr (Kt פקחה); Infinitive absolute מָּקוֺחַ Isa 42:20; construct לִפְקֹחַ Isa 42:7; Participle active מֹּקֵחַ Psa 146:8; passive feminine plural מְּקֻחוֺת Jer 32:19; —
1 open eyes:
a. one's own 2Ki 4:35; Job 27:19; Pro 20:13; 2Ki 19:16 = Isa 37:17; Dan 9:18; + עַל Jer 32:19; Zec 12:4; Job 14:3.
b. eyes of others Gen 21:19; 2Ki 6:17 (twice in verse); 2Ki 6:20 (twice in verse); Isa 42:7; Psa 146:8; — for details see עַיִן
1j. 2. open ears = hear Isa 42:20 (without understanding; figurative of Israel).
Niph`al Perfect3plural consecutive וְנִפְקְחוּ Gen 3:5; Imperfect3feminine plural תִּמָּקַחְנָה Isa 35:5, ׳וַתּ Gen 3:7; — be opened, of eyes; figurative, so as to know good and evil Gen 3:5, Gen 3:7; opposed to blindness (figurative) Isa 35:5.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Able10 occurrences Awake3 occurrences Hear1 occurrence See6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0