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title: פְּקַחְיָה — Pekahiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּקַחְיָה (6494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Pekahiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּקַחְיָה

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«פְּקַחְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pekahiah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6494 · **BDB:** פְּקַחְיָה

### Glosses

Pekahiah (2); of.Pekahiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pekahiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6494/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6494/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Israel (י׳ hath opened the eyes);—2 K 15:22, 23, 26, Φακεσιας, Φακειας.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּקַחְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 15:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.22/)

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב מְנַחֵ֖ם עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ פְּקַחְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.lay.down Menahem with ancestors his and he.became.king Pekahiah son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

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[2 Kings 15:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.23/)

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בִּשְׁנַת֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה בֶן־מְנַחֵ֧ם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* in year fifty year of Azariah the.king of.Judah he.became.king Pekahiah the.son of.Menahem over Israel in Samaria two.years

*JPS 1917:* In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

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