בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶר

𐤁/𐤎𐤕𐤓

baseter

in secret

or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from סָתַר; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense); backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).

H5643

Isaiah 48:16 · Word #7

Lexicon H5643

Lemmaסֵתֶר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤎𐤕𐤓
Transliterationçêther
Strong'sH5643
In-contextin secret

Morphology HRd/Ncmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H5643-02

in the hidden-place

Rootסתר (s-t-r)
Core Meaningsto hide, conceal, cover, keep secret
Semantic Rangesecret place, concealment, hiding place, covert shelter, privacy, protection, secrecy (literal or figurative)
Conceptual SignificanceOften used of concealed spaces of protection or secrecy, סֵתֶר can denote both divine shelter (a place of refuge under YHWH’s care) and hidden wrongdoing. It conveys the biblical tension between what is concealed from human sight and what remains fully visible to God.
Morphological NotesPreposition ב ("in") prefixed to noun with assimilated definite article; common masculine singular absolute form of סֵתֶר.
Rendering RationaleThe noun סֵתֶר derives from the root סתר, meaning "to hide" or "to conceal." The morphology (preposition ב + definite article + masculine singular noun absolute) yields "in the hidden-place," preserving both the locative sense of ב ("in") and the definite, singular form of the noun rooted in concealment.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root סתר (to hide, conceal, cover, keep secret)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5641-01 asetir I will cause to be hidden
H4565-01 bamisetar in the hiding-place
H4565-02 bamisetarim in the hidden-places
H5643-01 basater in the hiding-place
H4565-03 bemisetarim in concealment-places
H5643-03 beseter in the concealment of
H5641-02 esater I will hide myself
H635-01 eseter Hidden One (woman)
hanisetarot the hidden (things)
H5641-03 haseter Cause to be hidden!
H5641-04 hisetareta you have hidden yourself
H5641-05 hisetareti I caused to be hidden
H5641-06 hisetir he has caused to be concealed
H5641-07 misetater one hiding himself
H5641-08 nisetar he was hidden / a hidden one (masculine singular)
H5641-09 nisetarah she has been hidden
H5641-10 niseteru they have been concealed
H5643-04 seter a hiding-place
H5641-11 taseter you will cause to be hidden
H5641-12 tasetir you cause to hide
H5641-13 tasetireni you will cause me to be concealed
H5641-14 vaasetir and I caused to be hidden
H5643-05 vaseter in the hiding-place
H5641-15 vayaseter And he concealed
H5641-16 vehanisetarim and the hidden ones
H5643-06 veseter and a hiding-place
H5641-17 veyaseter and he will cause to be hidden
H5641-18 yisater he will hide himself

Word Usage (36 occurrences of H5643)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Deuteronomy 13:7 בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶר baseter secretly
Deuteronomy 27:15 בַּ/סָּ֑תֶר basater in secret
Deuteronomy 27:24 בַּ/סָּ֑תֶר basater in secret