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title: מַסְתֵּר — hiding · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסְתֵּר (4564), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hiding. BDB 1906: hiding, act of hiding. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסְתֵּר

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«מַסְתֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hiding** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4564 · **BDB:** מַסְתֵּר

### Glosses

a.hiding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hiding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4564/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hiding, act of hiding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4564/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hiding, act of hiding;—cstr. וּכְמַסְתֵּר פָּנִים מִמֶּנּוּ Is 53:3 and like a hiding of face from him i.e. like one before whom the face is hidden (e.g. a leper, cf. CheHpt).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסְתֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4564/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 53:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.3/)

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נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].despised and rejected of.people a.man of.pains and.\[one\] acquainted of.sickness and like a.hiding of.face from him \[he.was\].despised and not we valued.him

*JPS 1917:* He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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