Hebrew Interlinear

Job 28:21 Interlinear

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living from the fowls of the air and kept close

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָהH5956Seeing it is hidto veil from sight, i.e., conceal (literally or figuratively)
2מֵעֵינֵ֣יH5869from the eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
3כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4חָ֑יH2416of all livingalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
5וּמֵע֖וֹףH5775from the fowlsa bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
6הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםH8064of the airthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
7נִסְתָּֽרָה׃H5641and kept closeto hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

Verse Context

Job 28:20wisdom Whence then cometh and where is the place...
Job 28:21 (current)Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living from the fowls of the air and kept close
Job 28:22Destruction and death say thereof with our ears We have heard the fame...

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