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סִתְרִי

𐤎𐤕𐤓𐤉

Siteri

H5644 noun

SILEX Entry

Root סתר to hide, to conceal, to protect

Definition

Sithri; personal name designating a male Israelite individual. Derived from the idea of 'protection' or 'concealment,' the meaning points to 'my protection' or 'one protected.' Used exclusively as a proper name, referring to an individual in genealogical texts.

Semantic Range

personal name with the sense 'my protection'; concealment; protection; hiddenness (in root usage, but here as a proper name)

Root / Etymology

From the root סתר (s-t-r), meaning 'to hide, conceal, protect.' The form סִתְרִי is likely a theophoric or possessive form, meaning 'my protection (is)' or 'protected (one).',' reflecting a Hebrew personal naming pattern.

Historical & Contextual Notes

סִתְרִי appears only in Exodus 6:21 as the name of the ancestor of a Levite family within the genealogy of Moses and Aaron. The form fits common patterns of Hebrew personal names constructed from verbal roots or attributes, often implying divine agency or assurance (e.g., God as protector). No evidence suggests the name was widely used beyond this instance in the biblical text. Later English translations, such as the KJV, render the name as 'Zithri,' following older transliteration conventions. The name is unrelated to later ethnonyms or religious identities; it is simply a personal or clan name of an Israelite individual in the early narrative.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from סֵתֶר; protective; Sithri, an Israelite,; Zithri. [

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Root Family

סתר (s-t-r) — hide, conceal, protect

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4563 מִסְתּוֹר and for a hiding place
H4564 מַסְתֵּר and as a hiding-place of
H4565 מִסְתָּר in the hiding-place
H5639 סְתוּר Hidden One
H5641 סָתַר I will conceal

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5644-01 וְ/סִתְרִֽי vesiteri HC/Np and Sithri My Protection 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5644-01 Exodus 6:22 וְ/סִתְרִֽי vesiteri HC/Np and Sithri My Protection
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