סֵתֶר

n.[m.] covering, hiding-place, secrecy;—abs. ס׳ Ju 3:19 +, סָ֑תֶר 2 S 12:12; Pr 25:23, סֶ֑תֶר ψ 139:15; cstr. סֵ֫תֶר 1 S 25:20 +; sf. סִתְרוֹ ψ 18:12 (ins. also ‖ 2 S 22:12 𝔊 𝔖 Th Bu HPS), סִתְרִי ψ 119:114; pl. סְתָרִים Pr 9:17;— covering, cover, בְּס׳ הָהָר 1 S 25:20 under cover of the mt., concealed by it; of clouds as covering for י׳ (shutting out his view) Jb 22:14, of darkness (i.e. dark clouds) as י׳’s shiding-place (in theoph.) ψ 18:12 (= 2 S 22:12 v. supr.), so ס׳ רַ֑עַם 81:8 hiding-place of thundur; of adulterer ס׳ פָּנִים יָשִׂים Jb 24:15 i.e. disguiseth himself. hiding-place, 1 S 19:2; Is 28:17 ס׳ הַמַּדְרֵגָה Ct 2:14 (in fig.; ‖ חַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע), of hippopot. Jb 40:21; fig. of Isr. as shelter to Moab c. מִפְּנֵי Is 16:6, of ideal Israelite, as ס׳ זֶרֶם 32:2, especially of י׳ as shelter: ס׳ אָהֳלוֹ ψ 27:5, ס׳ פָּנֶיךָ 31:21, ס׳ בְּנָפֶיךָ 61:5, ס׳ עֶלְיוֹן 91:1, אַתָּה ס׳ לִי 32:7 cf. 119:114. secret place, of womb ψ 139:15 (‖ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת אָ֑רֶץ). secrecy: דְּבַר־ס׳ Ju 3:19 a matter of secrecy, secret matter; pl. abstr. intens. לֶחֶם סְתָרִים Pr 9:17 bread of utter secrecy (i.e. gained stealthily, ‖ מַיִם גְּנוּבִים); לְשֹׁן סָ֑תֶר 25:23 tongue of secrecy, i.e. slanderous; elsewhere בַּסּ׳ in secrecy, secretly Dt 13:7; 27:15, 24; 28:57; 2 S 12:12; Je 37:17; 38:16; 40:15; Is 45:19; 48:16; Jb 13:10; 31:27; Pr 21:14 ψ 101:5.