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title: פֶּקַח — Pekah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּקַח (6492), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Pekah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּקַח

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«פֶּקַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pekah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 6492 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫קַח

### Glosses

Pekah (9); of.Pekah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pekah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6492/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6492/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. usurping king of Israel, Φακεε (opening (? of eyes), or cf. Syriac ܦܶܩܚܳܐ flower; cf. n.pr.m. פקח, פקחי, on old Isr. seals; in Assyrian Paḳaḫa (acc.) SchrCOT 2 K 15:30);—2 K 15:25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37; 16:1, 5; Is 7:1; 2 Ch 28:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּקַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6492/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 15:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.32/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְפֶ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בֶּן־עֻזִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* in year two of Pekah the.son of.Remaliah the.king of.Israel he.became.king Jotham the.son of.Uzziah the.king of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

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[2 Kings 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.16.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְפֶ֖קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ מָלַ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בֶּן־יוֹתָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* in year seven- teen year of Pekah the.son of.Remaliah he.became.king Ahaz the.son of.Jotham the.king of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

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