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Job 28:21
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָלַםʻâlam · aw-lam'
H5956 · Hebrew
H5956 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
- Grammar
- וְֽ֭ — conjunction
- נֶעֶלְמָה — verb Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 4:13Leviticus 5:2Leviticus 5:3Leviticus 5:4Leviticus 20:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָלַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.