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title: סְתַר — hide · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: סְתַר (lemma:סְתַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: hide. BDB 1906: vb. hide. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְתַר

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«סְתַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **hide** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:סְתַר · **BDB:** סְתַר

### Glosses

he (1); hidden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hide (v. BH);—Pt. pass. fpl. emph. מְסַתְּרָתָא Dn 2:22 the hidden things.

### Jastrow 1903

סְתַר: Pa. to hide to hide one’s self; to find shelter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Pa. סַתֵּר same, to hide.—Part. pass. מְסַתַּר. Targ. Is. LXV, 16. Targ. Jer. XVI, 17 (ed. Wil. מִסַתְּרָן, corr. acc.). to hide one’s self; to find shelter. Targ. Koh. VII, 12.—\*Targ. Y. I Deut. XXIX, 5 מִסְתְּרָא וכ׳ finding shelter in your schools.—Ber. 31ᵇ כיון דמִסְתַּתַּרְנָא when I closet myself (with a stranger), v. preced. Sot. 2ᵇ זמנין דלא אִיסְתַּתְּרָא ואמר איסתתרא (not איסתתר) it may happen that she did not closet herself with a man, but he (the husband) says that she did \&c. Ib. ומִסְתַּתְּרָא וליכא וכ׳ Rashi (ed. ומיסתתרה) and she may closet herself, and we have in our days no waters … to test her \&c.; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5ea_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.22/)

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ה֛וּא גָּלֵ֥א עַמִּיקָתָ֖א וּמְסַתְּרָתָ֑א יָדַע֙ מָ֣ה בַחֲשׁוֹכָ֔א וּנְהוֹרָ֖א עִמֵּ֥הּ שְׁרֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* he \[is\].revealing (the).deep \[things\] and.(the) hidden \[things\] \[he.is\].knowing what? \[is\].in the darkness and the light with him \[is\].dwelling

*JPS 1917:* He revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.

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[Ezra 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.12/)

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לָהֵ֗ן מִן־דִּ֨י הַרְגִּ֤זוּ אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א יְהַ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה וּבַיְתָ֤ה דְנָה֙ סַתְרֵ֔הּ וְעַמָּ֖ה הַגְלִ֥י לְבָבֶֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* but from that they.enraged fathers our (et).the God of the.heavens he.gave them in the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon the Chaldean and the house this he destroyed.it and the people he.took.into.exile to Babylon

*JPS 1917:* But because that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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