That also means that they held that “nignaz” does not mean hidden away forever. In fact the Eitz Yosef on the Midrash says that “nignaz” means forgotten, based on Rashi in Pesachim
This is useless — R’ Chaim will still wipe the floor with you. Repeating your kashas on him doesn’t add anything — that his approach seems very docheik has already been documented in this thread.