UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related names: סְתוּר

Related lemmas: מִסְתֹּור · מִסְתָּר · מַסְתֵּר · סֵתֶר · סִתְרָה

Sense 1: to be hidden

Semantic domains: Hide (002002001009)

Definition: = state in which people or objects are in a location where they cannot be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them

Forms: vbnif-

Show passage in OET: GEN 4:14

OET-RV GEN 4:14

14 “Look, you’re now driving me away from the ground I’ve been cultivating to somewhere where you won’t be able to see me. I’ll be a wandering refugee on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”

OET-LV GEN 4:14

14 HERE you _have _driven _away DOM_me the_day from_under the _surface _of the_soil and_from_your(ms)_face/front I _will _be _hidden and_I _will _be a _wanderer and_nodding/deploring/taunting on _the_earth and_it _was every _of finding_me he/it _will _smite/kill_me.

Show passage in OET: GEN 31:49

OET-RV GEN 31:49

49 It’s also named ‘Mitspah’ (which means ‘watchtower’), because he said, “May Yahweh watch between me and you when we are hidden one from the other.

OET-LV GEN 31:49

49 And_(the)_Miʦpāh that he _said YHWH may _he _keep _watch between_me and_between_you if/because we _will _be _hidden each from_neighbour _of_his.

Jump to OET GEN 4:14 section.

Jump to OET GEN 31:49 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 4:14 · OET GEN 31:49

JOB: OET JOB 28:21

ZEP: OET ZEP 2:3

Sense 2: to hide oneself

Semantic domains: Hide (002002001009)

Definition: = action by which humans go to a location where they will not be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them

Forms: vbnif-; vbhit-

Show passage in OET: DEU 7:20

OET-RV DEU 7:20

20 What’s more, after that your god Yahweh will send hornets against any who are left or in hiding, until they’re all destroyed.

OET-LV DEU 7:20

20 And_also DOM the_hornet YHWH god _of_your he _will _send among_them until those_who_remain and_those_who_hide _themselves from_before _of_you perish.

Show passage in OET: SA1 20:5

OET-RV SA1 20:5

5 “Listen, the new moon celebration is tomorrow, and I’ll definitely be expected to sit with the king to eat,” David told him. “But you should let me go, and I’ll hide myself in the countryside until the third evening.

OET-LV SA1 20:5

5 And_ Dāvid _he/it _said to Yōnātān HERE a _new _moon will _be_tomorrow and_I really _(sit) I _will _sit with the_king to_eat and_you_will _let _me _go and_I _will _hide _myself in_field until the_evening (the)_third.

Jump to OET DEU 7:20 section.

Jump to OET SA1 20:5 section.

All 20 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 7:20

SA1: OET SA1 20:5 · OET SA1 20:19 · OET SA1 20:24 · OET SA1 23:19 · OET SA1 26:1

KI1: OET KI1 17:3

JOB: OET JOB 13:20 · OET JOB 34:22

PSA: OET PSA 54:0 · OET PSA 55:12 · OET PSA 89:46

PRO: OET PRO 22:3 · OET PRO 27:12 · OET PRO 28:28

ISA: OET ISA 28:15 · OET ISA 45:15

JER: OET JER 23:24 · OET JER 36:19

AMO: OET AMO 9:3

Sense 3: to hide, to conceal

Semantic domains: Hide (002002001009)

Definition: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to go to a location where they will not be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them

Forms: vbhif-; vbpiel

Synonyms: צפן

Show passage in OET: KI2 11:2

OET-RV KI2 11:2

2 However, King Yoram’s (Joram) daughter Yehosheva took Yoash, the son of her sister Ahazyah, and hid him in the bedroom along with his wet-nurse. Although he was on the list of the king’s sons to be executed, they hid him from Atalyah, and so he wasn’t killed.

OET-LV KI2 11:2

2 And_ Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) the _daughter _of the _king Yəhōrām/(Joram) the _sister _of ʼAḩaz^yāh _she/it _took DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) the _son _of ʼAḩaz^yāh and_she _stole DOM_him/it from_among _of the _sons _of the_king the DOM_him/it and_DOM nurse _of_his in_the _chamber _of the _beds and_they _hid DOM_him/it from_face/in _front _of ˊAtal^yāh and_not he _was _put _to _death.

Show passage in OET: CH2 22:11

OET-RV CH2 22:11

11 However, a princess named Yehoshav’at took Ahazyah’s son Yoash, and she sneaked him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be killed, and she hid him and his nurse in a bedroom. Yehoshav’at was the daughter of the late King Yehoram (Jehoram) and the wife of Yehoyada the priest (she was Ahazyah’s sister), and she hid Yoash from Atalyah so she couldn’t kill him.

OET-LV CH2 22:11

11 And_ Yəhōshaⱱˊat/(Jehoshabeath) the _daughter _of the_king _she/it _took DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) the _son _of ʼAḩaz^yāh and_she _stole DOM_him/it from_among _of the _sons _of the_king who_were_about _to _be _put _to _death and_she/it _gave DOM_him/it and_DOM nurse _of_his in_the _chamber _of the _beds and_she_hid _him Yəhōshaⱱˊat/(Jehoshabeath) the _daughter _of the_king Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) the _wife _of Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) the_priest/officer if/because she she _was the _sister _of ʼAḩaz^yāh from_face/in _front _of ˊAtal^yāh and_not she_put _him _to _death.

Jump to OET KI2 11:2 section.

Jump to OET CH2 22:11 section.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

KI2: OET KI2 11:2

CH2: OET CH2 22:11

JOB: OET JOB 3:10 · OET JOB 14:13

PSA: OET PSA 17:8 · OET PSA 27:5 · OET PSA 31:20 · OET PSA 64:2

ISA: OET ISA 16:3 · OET ISA 49:2

JER: OET JER 36:26

Sense 4: to hide (one's) face

Semantic domains: Non-Engage (002003003011)

Definition: literally: to hide (one's) face; hence: = causative action by which humans cover their face in order to be unable to see or be seen

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: סתר פָּנֶה

Show passage in OET: EXO 3:6

OET-RV EXO 3:6

6 I’m the god of your father and the god of Avraham, Yitshak (Isaac), and Ya’akov (Jacob).” So Mosheh covered hid his face because he was scared to look at God.

OET-LV EXO 3:6

6 And_he/it _said I am_the _god _of your _father _of_your the _god _of ʼAⱱrāhām the _god _of Yiʦḩāq and_the _god _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_ Mosheh _he _hid his/its_faces/face if/because he _was _afraid from_looking to the_ʼElohīm.

Show passage in OET: ISA 50:6

OET-RV ISA 50:6

6 I gave my back to those who struck me,
⇔ ≈ and my cheeks to those who made them bare.
⇔ ≈ I didn’t hide my face from insults and getting spat on

OET-LV ISA 50:6

6 Back _of_my I _gave to_those _who_struck_me and_cheeks _of_my to_those _who_made_them_bare face _of_my not I _hid from_insults and_spittle.

Jump to OET EXO 3:6 section.

Jump to OET ISA 50:6 section.

Sense 5: to hide (one's) face, to reject

Semantic domains: Non-Engage (002003003011)

Definition: literally: to hide (one's) face (from someone); hence: = action by which a deity does not engage with people, and does not intervene neither in their favor nor to punish, ◄ as if he were enable to see them

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: סתר פָּנֶה

Synonyms: נטה · עזב · שׁכח

Show passage in OET: DEU 31:17

OET-RV DEU 31:17

17 When that happens, my rage will burn against them, and I’ll abandon them and distance myself from them. They’ll be devoured by other kingdoms, and many disasters and troubles will hit them. Then they’ll say at that time, ‘Didn’t these disasters come to us because our God is no longer here amongst us?’

OET-LV DEU 31:17

17 And_ anger _of_my _it _will _burn in_him/it on_day (the)_that and_I_will _abandon _them and_I _will _hide face _of_my from_them and_it _was for_devouring and_they_will _come _upon _it calamities many and_troubles and_saying(ms) in _the_day (the)_that not on if/because not god _of_my is_in_midst _of_my have_they _come _upon _me the_calamities the_these.

Show passage in OET: DEU 31:18

OET-RV DEU 31:18

18 Yes, I’ll definitely stay away on that day because of all the evil that they will have done when they turned to other gods.

OET-LV DEU 31:18

18 And_I certainly _(hide) I _will _hide face _of_my in _the_day (the)_that on all _of the_evil which it _has _done if/because it _has _turned to gods other.

Jump to OET DEU 31:17 section.

Jump to OET DEU 31:18 section.

All 27 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 31:17–18 · OET DEU 32:20

JOB: OET JOB 13:24 · OET JOB 34:29

PSA: OET PSA 10:11 · OET PSA 13:1 · OET PSA 22:24 · OET PSA 27:9 · OET PSA 30:7 · OET PSA 44:24 · OET PSA 51:9 · OET PSA 69:17 · OET PSA 88:14 · OET PSA 102:2 · OET PSA 104:29 · OET PSA 143:7

ISA: OET ISA 8:17 · OET ISA 54:8 · OET ISA 57:17 · OET ISA 59:2 · OET ISA 64:7

JER: OET JER 33:5

EZE: OET EZE 39:23–24 · OET EZE 39:29

MIC: OET MIC 3:4

Sense 6: to be hidden > to feel not

Semantic domains: Non-Feel (002004001002)

Definition: literally: to be hidden; hence: = state by which the effect of something is not perceived physically

Forms: vbnif- (passive)

Show passage in OET: PSA 19:7

OET-RV PSA 19:6

6 The sun rises from side of our view
⇔ ≈ and crosses the sky to the other.
⇔ Nothing escapes its heat.

OET-LV PSA 19:7

7  Is_from_the _end _of the_heavens forth _of_its _going and_circuit _of_its is_to ends _of_their and_there_is_not a _thing_hidden from_heat _of_its.

Jump to OET PSA 19:6 section.

Sense 7: to be hidden, to be unknown, hidden, secret

Semantic domains: Non-Know (002004002008)

Definition: = state in which certain information is not generally known, ◄ as if it were physically hidden

Forms: vbnif-; vbhit-; vbpael

Show passage in OET: NUM 5:13

OET-RV NUM 5:13

13 when another man secretly has sex with her, then she becomes ‘unclean’, even though there’s no witness against her and she wasn’t caught.

OET-LV NUM 5:13

13 And_ a _man _he _will _lie DOM_her/it a _laying _of seed and_it _will _be _hidden from_the _eyes _of her/its_husband/man and_she _will _be _undiscovered and_she she _has _made _herself _unclean and_a _witness there_was_not on_her and_she not she _was _caught.

Show passage in OET: DEU 29:28

OET-RV DEU 29:29

29 Our god Yahweh has his secrets, but what he’s revealed is for us and our children forever, so that we can follow all his instructions.

OET-LV DEU 29:28

28  The _hidden_things to/for_YHWH god _of_our and_the _revealed_things belong_to_us and_to_descendants _of_our until perpetuity for_doing DOM all _of the _words/messages _of the _law (the)_this.

Jump to OET NUM 5:13 section.

Jump to OET DEU 29:29 section.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 5:13

DEU: OET DEU 29:29

JOB: OET JOB 3:23

PSA: OET PSA 19:12 · OET PSA 38:9

ISA: OET ISA 29:14 · OET ISA 40:27 · OET ISA 65:16

JER: OET JER 16:17

DAN: OET DAN 2:22

HOS: OET HOS 13:14

Sense 8: to hide, to keep from knowing, to conceal

Semantic domains: Non-Know (002004002008)

Definition: = causative action by which humans or deities cause others not to be aware of certain information, ◄ as if by physically hiding it

Forms: vbhif-; vbpual

Show passage in OET: SA1 20:2

OET-RV SA1 20:2

2 “Far from it,” Yonatan responded. “You won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, big or small, without telling me. So why would my father hide this from me if it was his plan? No, you’re wrong.”

OET-LV SA1 20:2