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title: סִתְרָה — shelter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִתְרָה (lemma:סִתְרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shelter. BDB 1906: n.f. shelter, protection. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִתְרָה

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«סִתְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shelter** — 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:** lemma:סִתְרָה · **BDB:** סִתְרָה

### Glosses

a.shelter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shelter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5ea_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. shelter, protection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5ea_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. shelter, protection, יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם ס׳ Dt 32:38 (read perhaps יהיו, cf. Dr) let them (the strange gods) be over you as a shelter.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִתְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5ea_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.38/)

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אֲשֶׁ֨ר חֵ֤לֶב זְבָחֵ֙ימוֹ֙ יֹאכֵ֔לוּ יִשְׁתּ֖וּ יֵ֣ין נְסִיכָ֑ם יָק֙וּמוּ֙ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔ם יְהִ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם סִתְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* which the.fat their.sacrifices their they.ate they.drank the.wine drink-offering their let.them.arise and let them.help.you let.it.be over you a.shelter

*JPS 1917:* Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering? let him rise up and help you, let him be your protection.

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