BDB5729 [H4565]

מִסְתָּר noun [masculine] secret place, hiding place; — absolute ׳מ Ps 10:9; Hab 3:14 usually plural מִסְתָּרִים Jer 13:17 + 6 t.; suffix מִסְתָּרָיו Jer 49:10 —

1. secret place(s), concealed from view, Jer 13:17 where treasures are stored Isa 45:3.

2. hiding-place(s):
\ \ a. for protection Jer 23:24; Jer 49:10.
\ \ b. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: Ps 10:8 (|| מַאֲרָב), simile of lion vPs 10:9, Ps 17:12, compare Hab 3:14; Ps 64:5 of ׳י lying in wait Lam 3:10 (as a lion).

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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