concealed
adjective (concealed); verb, past form of "conceal" (conceal, conceals, concealed, concealing)
Everyday
- (formal) Concealed means hidden, kept out of sight. tree →
- (formal) To have concealed something is to have hidden it or kept it secret. tree →
In the lessons
In safety signs: "concealed entrance" or "concealed driveway" warns drivers that cars may come out from somewhere hard to see. In nature lessons, concealed animals use camouflage. In stories, concealed doors, treasure and weapons. Phrases: concealed entrance, well concealed, concealed from view.
Examples
- The road sign said "Concealed entrance ahead". tree →
- The treasure was concealed under the floor. tree →
- A concealed door led to a secret room. tree →
- The owl was well concealed in the tree. tree →
- He concealed his fear with a smile. tree →
- Drive slowly near a concealed driveway. tree →
- The camera was concealed in a smoke alarm. tree →
- She concealed the present behind her back. tree →
- They led him to the spot where the money was concealed. tree →
Note
Formal; everyday: hidden. Regular verb: conceal, concealed. Opposite: visible, revealed, open.
In Jewish tradition
In the Prophets and Writings, concealed means hidden from sight or from people. Nothing can be concealed from God's eyes, and hatred hidden with deceit will be revealed. The psalmist says he did not conceal God's mercy.
Interpretation. Some Jewish teaching holds that God and the deepest wisdom are hidden. Sefer Yetzirah links the hidden tongue with the hidden covenant of circumcision. The tradition also teaches that God sees all hidden sins.
Examples
- the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- There is also a spatial-anatomical parallelism between the terms employed by the SY: the tongue concealed above, the genitals concealed below. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Though his hatred be concealed with deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before the congregation. (Writings PRO.26.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- For Mine eyes are upon all their ways, they are not hid from My face; Neither is their iniquity concealed from Mine eyes. (Prophets JER.16.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy mercy and Thy truth from the great congregation. (Writings PSA.40.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Formal; everyday: hidden. Regular verb: conceal, concealed. Opposite: visible, revealed, open.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «concealed» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «concealed» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «concealed» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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