סתר

Hebrew
Root
ס־ת־ר (s-t-r)

Etymology

Compare Arabic سَتْر (satr, “cover; veil”).

Noun

סֵתֶר • (séter) m (plural indefinite סְתָרִים)

  1. hideaway, hiding place
  2. hiddenness, secrecy, mystery, unknown

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Verb

סָתַר • (satár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יסתור / יִסְתֹּר)

  1. to contradict
  2. to refute
  3. (chemistry) to neutralize, to counteract
  4. (literary, talmudic) to muss, to make untidy (of hair)

Conjugation
Conjugation of סָתַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לסתור / לִסְתֹּר
  • action noun: סְתִירָה
  • passive participle: סָתוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first סָתַרְתִּיסָתַרְנוּ
second סָתַרְתָּסָתַרְתְּסְתַרְתֶּם1סְתַרְתֶּן1
third סָתַרסָתְרָהסָתְרוּ
present סוֹתֵרסוֹתֶרֶתסוֹתְרִיםסוֹתְרוֹת
future first אסתור / אֶסְתֹּרנסתור / נִסְתֹּר
second תסתור / תִּסְתֹּרתִּסְתְּרִיתִּסְתְּרוּתסתורנה / תִּסְתֹּרְנָה2
third יסתור / יִסְתֹּרתסתור / תִּסְתֹּריִסְתְּרוּתסתורנה / תִּסְתֹּרְנָה2
imperative סתור / סְתֹרסִתְרִיסִתְרוּסתורנה / סְתֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced סָתַרְתֶּם and סָתַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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