מִסְתָּר

«מִסְתָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: secret place — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 4565 · BDB: מִסְתָּר

Glosses

places (4); secret.places (3); place (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

secret place tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

secret place, hiding-place tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] secret place, hiding-place;—abs. מ׳ ψ 10:9; Hb 3:14; usually pl. מִסְתָּרִים Je 13:17 + 6 times; sf. מִסְתָּרָיו Je 49:10;— secret place(s), concealed from view, Je 13:17; where treasures are stored Is 45:3. hiding-place(s): for protection Je 23:24; 49:10. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: ψ 10:8 (‖ מַאֲרָב), sim. of lion v 9; 17:12, cf. Hb 3:14; ψ 64:5; of י׳ lying in wait La 3:10 (as a lion).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מִסְתָּר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Lamentations 3:10

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

Word for word: [is].a.bear [which].lies.in.wait he to me a.lion in secret.places

JPS 1917: He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Psalms 64:5

לִיר֣וֹת בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים תָּ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א יִירָֽאוּ׃

Word for word: to shoot in.(the) secret places [the].blameless suddenly they shoot.at.him and not they.are.afraid

JPS 1917: That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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