I-NA-JA-PA-QA

Behold, he opens (his eyes)!—theophanic epiphany closure

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Reading
hinna yapqaḥ
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*hn ‘behold’ + *paqaḥ- ‘open-eyes’
Kind
Ritual
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrewפָּקַחpāqaḥפָּקַח pāqaḥ ‘to open (eyes)’ (Isa 42:7; HALOT 959); hinnēh (הִנֵּה) ‘behold’ (HALOT 252)
  • Ugaritic𐎅𐎐hnhn ‘behold!’ (DULAT 337)
  • Arabicإنّʾinnaʾinna (إنّ) ‘look’ (HALOT 251)

Attestations1 cited

  1. PK Za 113DI-PI-NA-MI-NA SI-RU-[?] I-NA-JA-PA-QABehold, he opens (his eyes)!

Commentary

PK Za 11 closes with I-NA-JA-PA-QA, after I-PI-NA-MI-NA SI-RU-[?] ·, the last words of the damaged prayer; JA-PA-QA stands alone on PK Za 12. I-NA hinna ‘behold!’ and JA-PA-QA yapqaḥ, 3ms yaqtul of √p-q-ḥ ‘open (the eyes)’. Hebrew hinnēh/hēn and Ugaritic hn ‘behold!’ (DULAT 337) give the presentative, and Isa 42:7 lipqōaḥ ʿênayim ‘to open eyes’ the usage. One attestation. See JA-PA-QA, I-NA.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

PK Za 11Palaikastro…i-na-ja-pa-qa
Linear A Lexicon