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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה | H5956 | Seeing it is hid | to veil from sight, i.e., conceal (literally or figuratively) |
| 2 | מֵעֵינֵ֣י | H5869 | from the eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 3 | כָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 4 | חָ֑י | H2416 | of all living | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 5 | וּמֵע֖וֹף | H5775 | from the fowls | a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively |
| 6 | הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם | H8064 | of the air | the 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 |
| 7 | נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ | H5641 | and kept close | to 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...