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title: מִסְתָּר — secret place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְתָּר (4565), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: secret place. BDB 1906: secret place, hiding-place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְתָּר

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«מִסְתָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **secret place** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 4565 · **BDB:** מִסְתָּר

### Glosses

places (4); secret.places (3); place (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

secret place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4565/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

secret place, hiding-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4565/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] secret place, hiding-place;—abs. מ׳ ψ 10:9; Hb 3:14; usually pl. מִסְתָּרִים Je 13:17 + 6 times; sf. מִסְתָּרָיו Je 49:10;— secret place(s), concealed from view, Je 13:17; where treasures are stored Is 45:3. hiding-place(s): for protection Je 23:24; 49:10. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: ψ 10:8 (‖ מַאֲרָב), sim. of lion v 9; 17:12, cf. Hb 3:14; ψ 64:5; of י׳ lying in wait La 3:10 (as a lion).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִסְתָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4565/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.10/)

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דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.bear \[which\].lies.in.wait he to me a.lion in secret.places

*JPS 1917:* He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

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[Psalms 64:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.5/)

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לִיר֣וֹת בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים תָּ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א יִירָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* to shoot in.(the) secret places \[the\].blameless suddenly they shoot.at.him and not they.are.afraid

*JPS 1917:* That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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