§129
The important things that are 'hidden' in §129 cannot be the hidden things that are, 'of no interest to us' from §126. What is hidden in §129 is a bit like someone failing to see their glasses because they are wearing them. - We do not notice our ordinary, familiar uses of language (sometimes) because they are right in front of us - the correct uses of various words are open to view.
This reminds me of some things Heidegger says about phenomenology. He's claiming to describe everyday experience, not to construct theories about hidden causes. And yet this can be very hard work, and the results might mention phenomena that no one has talked about before. This makes sense because many experiences are so ordinary that we don't ordinarily take note of them - it's like they're too close to see. But when we hear them described, it's more like recognition or recollection than being convinced by an argument. Likewise with reminders of how we use words.
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