A Thing Hidden from the Eye

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A Thing Hidden from the Eye

A Thing Hidden from the Eye

A thing that cannot be seen. A hidden matter (meaning concealed, secret, or veiled).

("And Rabbi Yitzchak said: The sun on the Sabbath is charity for the poor... And Rabbi Yitzchak said: The day of rain is great, for even a coin in the pocket is blessed by it... And Rabbi Yitzchak said: Blessing is found only in a thing hidden from the eye" - Ta'anit 8b, and similarly: "He folds the written paper and conceals it in the place hidden from the eye, in the secret of a pocket he revealed it" - Shalom Aleichem / We ask for alms, charity, and also: "The dog itself is hidden from the eye, standing tied with an iron chain inside the courtyard beyond the fence" - Bialik / Behind the Fence, A, 63, and also: "In her purse, in a place hidden from the eye, she gathered all these saved coins" - Deborah Baron / Exiles, 30))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דָּבָר הַסָּמוּי מִן הָעַיִן

Definition (Hebrew)

דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִתָּן לִרְאוֹת אוֹתוֹ. דָּבָר מֻסְתָּר (סָמוּי מַשְׁמָע נֶעְלָם אוֹ נִסְתָּר).

("וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּשַׁבָּת- צְדָקָה לַעֲנִיִּים... וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: גָּדוֹל יוֹם הַגְּשָׁמִים, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ פְּרוּטָה שֶׁבַּכִּיס מִתְבָּרֶכֶת בּוֹ...וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: אֵין הַבְּרָכָה מְצוּיָה אֶלָּא בְּדָבָר הַסָּמוּי מִן הָעַיִן"-תַּעֲנִית ח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"קוֹפֶּל הוּא אֶת הַנְּיָר הַכָּתוּב וּמַצְנִיעוֹ בַּמָּקוֹם הַסָּמוּי מִן הָעַיִן, בְּסֵתֶר כִּיס חָזֵהוּ"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מְבַקְּשִׁים מִשְׁלַח יָד, רֶפּ, וְכֵן:"הַכֶּלֶב עַצְמוֹ סָמוּי מִן הָעַיִן. עוֹמֵד הוּא קָשׁוּר בְּשַׁלְשֶׁלֶת בַּרְזֶל בְּתוֹךְ הֶחָצֵר מֵעֵבֶר לַגָּדֵר"-בְּיָאלִיק/ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, א, סג, וְכֵן:"בְּאַרְנָקָהּ, בְּמָקוֹם סָמוּי מִן הָעַיִן, אָסְפָה אֶת כָּל פְּרוּטוֹת הַחִסָּכוֹן הָאֵלֶּה"- דְּבוֹרָה בָּרוֹן/ גּוֹלִים, 30)

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