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It is concealedוְנֶעֶלְמָהfrom the eyesמֵעֵינֵיof everyכָלliving thing,חָיand from the birdsוּמֵעוֹףof the skyהַשָּׁמַיִםit is hidden.נִסְתָּרָה
Job 28:21
Study it in the app“It is concealed from the eyes of every living thing, and from the birds of the sky it is hidden.”
Job asks where wisdom comes from and answers: only God knows its placeWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:21, word by word
- It is concealedנֶעֶלְמָהneelma
be hidden
To stay out of someone's sight or knowledge; what is not revealed.
Where else “neelma” appears- from the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- living thingחָיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- and from the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the skyשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- it is hiddenנִסְתָּרָהnistara
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistara” appears
The context
20But wisdom, from where does it come? And where is the place of understanding?
21 · This verse (above)
22Abaddon and death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’