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This is ˇwhat's expressed in the question as to the

nature
essence

of language, of

a
the

proposition, of thinking. – For if we try although in our inquiries also [investigations we try are trying|investigations we are trying] to understand the

nature
essence

of language – (its function, its construction structure), – still it isn't that which th[at|e] question has in view. For it ˇthis question does not sees the essence, not in as something that is [which lies|which] already lies open to view [before us| before us], and which by [by a process of|a process of ordering] being put in order becomes visible at a glance. ˇtransparent – I mean capable of being all seen at a glance: [B|b]ut rather ˇas something which lies beneath [under| under] the surface[.|,] Something which lies within[;| ,]

something
which

we see when we

see
look

into
through

the thing, and which an analysis has to dig out.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.