# \*paqaḥ- 'open-eyes'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to open the eyes
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/K0259_open_eyes.md

## In Linear A

- [I-NA-JA-PA-QA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-JA-PA-QA/index.md>) (hinna yapqaḥ): Behold, he opens (his eyes)!—theophanic epiphany closure
- [JA-PA-QA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-QA/index.md>) (yapqaḥ): he opens (the eyes)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

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

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: PQḤ (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. pqḥ) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ]
- Hebrew: paqaḥ 'open' (BDB 824) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ]

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: faqaḥa 'opened' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pqḥ]

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab fqḥ (SD 45; Biella 408) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.