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סֵ֫תֶר noun [masculine] covering, hiding-place, secrecy; — absolute ׳ ס Judg 3:19 +, ס֑תֶר 2Sam 12:12; Prov 25:23, סֶ֑תֶר Ps 139:15 construct סֵ֫תֶר 1Sam 25:20 +; suffix סִתְרוֺ Ps 18:12 (insert also || 2Sam 22:12 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Th Bu HPS), סִתְרִי Ps 119:114 plural סְתָרִים Prov 9:17 —
1.
covering, cover, הָהָר
׳
בְּס
1Sam 25:20
under cover of the mountain, concealed by it; of clouds as covering for ׳
י (shutting out his view) Job 22:14, of darkness (i.e. dark clouds) as ׳
י's hiding-place (in theoph.) Ps 18:12 (= 2Sam 22:12 see above), so
רַ֑עַם
׳
ס
2Sam 81:8
hiding-place of thunder; of adulterer פָּנִים
׳
ס
יָשִׂים
Job 24:15
i.e. disguiseth himself.
2.
a.
hidng-place, 1Sam 19:2; Isa 28:17
הַמַּדְרֵגָה
׳
ס
Song 2:14 (in
figurative; || חַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע), of hippopotamus Job 40:21 figurative of Israel as shelter to
Moab with מִפְּנֵי
Isa 16:6, of
ideal Israelite, as זֶרֶם
׳
ס
Isa 32:2,
especially of ׳
י as shelter:
אָהֳלוֺ
׳
ס
Ps 27:5,
פָּנֶיךָ
׳
ס
Ps 31:21,
כְּנָפֶיךָ
׳
ס
Ps 61:5,
עֶלְיוֺן
׳
ס
Ps 91:1,
לִי
׳
אַתָּה ס
Ps 32:7 compare
Ps
119:114.
b.
secret place, of womb Ps 139:15 (|| תַּחְתִּיּוֺת אָ֑רֶץ).
3.
secrecy:
׳
דְּבַרסֿ
Judg 3:19
a matter of secrecy, secret matter; plural abstract intensive לֶחֶם סְתָרִים
Prov 9:17
bread of utter secrecy (i.e. gained stealthily, || מַיִם גְּנוּבִים
);
לְשֹׁן סָ֑תֶר
Prov 25:23
tongue of secrecy, i.e. slanderous; elsewhere ׳
בַּסּ
in secrecy, secretly
Deut 13:7;
Deut 27:15
;
Deut 27:24
;
Deut 28:57
;
Deut 2:12;
Deut 38:16
;
Deut 40:15
;
Deut 48:16
;
Deut 31:27
;
Ps 101:5
.