Proto-Semitic root

*paqaḥ-

‘open-eyes’

di Mino’s gloss: to open the eyes

Record K0259 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A2 entries

I-NA-JA-PA-QAhinna yapqaḥBehold, he opens (his eyes)!—theophanic epiphany closureCandidateSemitic13D JA-PA-QAyapqaḥhe opens (the eyes)CandidateSemitic2

Reflexes5 languages

East Semitic1

Eblaitic/p-q-ḥ/: names ib-ga-ì/il, ib-ga-a-gú, ib-ga-iš-lu/ru₁₂ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 126)gloss withheld

Northwest Semitic2

AramaicPQḤ (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. pqḥ)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ
Hebrewpaqaḥ ‘open’ (BDB 824)Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ

Arabic1

Arabicfaqaḥa ‘opened’Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Epigraphic South ArabianSab fqḥ (SD 45; Biella 408)gloss withheld

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon