פָּקַח
pâqach · paw-kakh'
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
- to open (the senses, especially the eyes)
- figuratively, to be observant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: open.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to separate and protect
To speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּקַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- open5 · 25%
- opened4 · 20%
- shall be opened2 · 10%
- were opened1 · 5%
- i pray thee, open1 · 5%
- and dost thou open1 · 5%
- he openeth1 · 5%
- openeth1 · 5%
- to open1 · 5%
- not; opening1 · 5%
- are open1 · 5%
- and i will open1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.