# I-NA-JA-PA-QA (hinna yapqaḥ)

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

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: hinna yapqaḥ
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*hn](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/3482/index.md>) 'behold; here' 1, 'this' 2 + [\*paqaḥ-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0259/index.md>) 'open-eyes'
- Kind: Ritual
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: I (i) · NA (na) · JA (ja) · PA (pa) · QA (qa)

## Compared forms

- Hebrew: פָּקַח *pāqaḥ* — פָּקַח pāqaḥ 'to open (eyes)' (Isa 42:7; HALOT 959); hinnēh (הִנֵּה) 'behold' (HALOT 252)
- Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎐 *hn* — hn 'behold!' (DULAT 337)
- Arabic: إنّ *ʾinna* — ʾinna (إنّ) 'look' (HALOT 251)

## Attestations

- [PK Za 11](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/PKZa11/index.md>): I-PI-NA-MI-NA SI-RU-\[?\] I-NA-JA-PA-QA — Behold, 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.

## Same root

- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā)
- [I-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA/index.md>) (hinna)
- [JA-PA-QA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-QA/index.md>) (yapqaḥ)
- [U-NA-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-A/index.md>) (wannā(h) / winnā(h))

## References

- Reading: di Mino
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.