--- title: סָתַר — hide · The Tanakh dictionary description: סָתַר (5641), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 81 times: hide. BDB 1906: vb. hide, conceal. 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Ithpa., Syriac ܣܬܰܪ Pe. Pt. pass., chiefly Pa. Ithpa., id.; Arabic سَتَرَ veil, conceal, hide, Lane1304; Ethiopic ሰተረ (rare) Di364);— Pf. 3 ms. נִסְתָּ֑ר Pr 27:12 + 22:3 Qr (Kt וַיִּסָּתֵר); 2 ms. נִסְתַּ֫רְתָּ 1 S 20:19; 1 pl. נִסְתָּ֑רְנוּ Is 28:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִסָּתֵר Ho 13:14 +; 1 s. אֶסָּתֵר Gn 4:14 +; 3 mpl. יִסָּֽתְרוּ Am 9:3; 1 pl. נִסָּתֵר Gn 31:49, etc.; Imv. ms. הִסָּתֵר Je 36:19; inf. cstr. לְהִסָּ֫תֶר שָׁם Jb 34:22; Pt. נִסְתָּר ψ 19:7; pl. נִסְתָּרִים Dt 7:20; fpl. נִסְתָּרֹת Dt 29:28, -וֹת ψ 19:13;— hide oneself, c. בְּ loc., 1 S 20:5, 24; 1 K 17:3 Je 23:24, so (fig.) Is 28:15; c. שָׁם 1 S 20:19 Jb 34:22; abs. Je 36:19; Pr 22:3; 27:12; 28:28 ψ 89:47; c. מִפְּנֵי pers. Dt 7:20; Jb 13:20, c. מִן pers. ψ 55:13. be hid, concealed, especially fig. of escaping God’s notice, c. מִפְּנֵי pers. Gn 4:14 (J), מִלִּפְנֵי Je 16:17, מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי Am 9:3, מֵעֵינַי Is 65:16; Ho 13:14 (subj. נֹחַם, i.e. I will not repent, change my purpose of judgment), מִן ψ 38:10 Is 40:27; from heat of sun ψ 19:7 (i.e. it penetrates everywhere); from birds Jb 28:21 (of place of wisdom); recipr. נִסּ׳ אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ Gn 31:49 (J) when we are hidden each from the other (i.e. separated); abs. Nu 5:13 Jb 3:23 (whose way is hid sc. from himself), Zp 2:3 (i.e. escape י׳’s judgment); pt. hidden, secret things, in gen. Dt 29:28; of sins ψ 19:13. Imv. fs. סַתְּרִי Is 16:3 carefully hide (i.e. shelter) the outcasts (Moab speaks to Zion). Pt. fs. אַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּ֑רֶת Pr 27:5 love carefully concealed. Impf. 3 fs. תִּסְתַּתָּ֑ר Is 29:14; Pt. מִסְתַּתֵּר 1 S 23:19 + 3 times;—hide oneself carefully, of David’s taking refuge with (עִם) Ziphites 1 S 23:19 = ψ 54:2 (title), in (בְּ) a hill 1 S 26:1; אֵל מ׳ Is 45:15 a God that completely hides himself. Pf. 3 ms. הִסְתִּיר ψ 10:11; 22:25; 2 ms. הִסְתַּ֫רְתָּ ψ 30:8 Is 64:6, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַסְתִּיר 1 S 20:2, וַיַּסְתֵּר Ex 3:6 Jb 3:10, sf. יַסְתִּרֵ֫נִי ψ 27:5, וַיַּסְתִּרֵם Je 36:26; 3 fs. sf. וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֫הוּ 2 Ch 22:11; 1 s. וָאַסְתִּר Ez 39:23, 24, etc.; Imv. ms. הַסְתֵּר ψ 51:11; Inf. abs. הַסְתֵּר Dt 31:18; Is 57:17; cstr. הַסְתֵּר Pr 25:2 (v. Köi. 213 and reff.; yet cf. inf. abs. אָכֹל v 27), לַסְתִּר Is 29:15 (Ges§ 53 q); Pt. מַסְתִּיר Is 8:17;—conceal, hide: a person from (מִפְּנֵי) enemy 2 K 11:2 = 2 Ch 22:11; subj. י׳, c. מִן ψ 64:3, abs. Je 36:26; hide anything from (מִן) one 1 S 20:2, a thing, in gen., Pr 25:2; anything (from י׳; מִן in ‖ cl.) Is 29:15; in gen. = shelter a person Jb 14:13, c. בְּ loc. (subj. י׳) ψ 17:8; 27:5; 31:21 (all metaph.); toil (עָמָל), מֵעֵינָ֑י Jb 3:10; commands from, מִן pers. (subj. י׳) ψ 119:19; hide one as arrow in quiver Is 49:2. especially hide the face: lit., of Moses Ex 3:6 (E), usually fig.: subj. י׳, c. מִן, i.e. be not observant of sin ψ 51:11, abs. ψ 10:11; more often י׳ hides his face from (מִן pers.), i.e. withdraws his favour, Mi 3:4; Is 8:17; 54:8; 64:6; Dt 31:17; 32:20; Je 33:5; Ez 39:23, 24, 29 ψ 13:2; 22:25; 27:9; 69:18; 88:15; 102:3; 143:7; abs. Dt 31:18; Jb 13:24; 34:29 ψ 30:8 cf. 104:29; 44:25; פָּנִים om. Is 57:17; cf. Is 59:2 your sins have hidden (his) face from (מִן) you; of hiding one’s face from (מִן) shame, i.e. avoiding it Is 50:6 (of servant of י׳). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 80 of its verses cited, 2 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 (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «סָתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5641/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.5/) ט֭וֹבָהתּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].good rebuke uncovered more than.love hidden *JPS 1917:* Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. [Psalms 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.13/) שְׁגִיא֥וֹת מִֽי־יָבִ֑ין מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת נַקֵּֽנִי׃ *Word for word:* errors who? will.he.discern from hidden.\[sins\] acquit me *JPS 1917:* Who can discern his errors? 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