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Isaiah 42:7
“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פָּקַחpâqach · paw-kakh'
H6491 · Hebrew
H6491 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- open.
- Grammar
- לִ — preposition
- פְקֹ֖חַ — verb Qal, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:5Genesis 3:7Genesis 21:192 Kings 4:352 Kings 6:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּקַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.