Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>]

Dear Isaac,

Did you see the NET note, which agrees with the meaning you give the 
verb? The NET says:

The verb יִתְעַלֶּם (yit’allem) has been translated “is hid” or “hides 
itself.” But this does not work easily in the sentence with the 
preposition “upon them.” Torczyner suggested “pile up” from an Aramaic 
root עֲלַם (’alam), and E. Dhorme (Job, 87) defends it without changing 
the text, contending that the form we have was chosen for alliterative 
value with the prepositional phrase before it.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard