Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts פְּקַחְיָה(Ancient Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. Pec-a-hi-a(Biblical English) [key] Meaning & History From the Hebrew name פְּקַחְיָה (Pəqaḥya) meaning "Yahweh has opened the eyes" from פֶּקַח (peqah) "open" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This was the name of a king of northern Israel the son of Menahem.