אָ֥ז תִּפָּקַ֖חְנָה עֵינֵ֣י עִוְרִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י חֵרְשִׁ֖ים תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃
Alors s’ouvriront les yeux des aveugles, et les oreilles des sourds seront débouchées.
Guide for the Perplexed
Besides, you must know that the Hebrew word pakaḥ used in this passage is exclusively employed in the figurative sense of receiving new sources of knowledge, not in that of regaining the sense of sight. Comp., “God opened her eyes” (Gen. 21:19). “Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened” (Isaiah 38:8). “Open ears, he heareth not” (ibid. 42:20), similar in sense to the verse, “Which have eyes to see, and see not” (Ezek. 12:2).
Guide for the Perplexed
May He grant us and all Israel with us to attain what He promised us, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped” (Isa. 35:5); “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined” (ibid. 9:1).