• מִסְתָּר S 4565 TWOT 1551d GK 5041 n. [ m. ] secret place, hiding-place ;— abs.

מ׳ ψ 10:9 Hb 3:1 4; usually pl. מִסְתָּרִים Je 13:17 + 6 times; sf. מִסְתָּרָיו Je 49:10 ;— 1. secret place ( s ), concealed from view, Je 13:17 ; where treasures are stored Is 45:3 . 2. 2( s ): a. for protection Je 23:24 ; 49:10 . b. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: ψ 10:8 ( || מַאֲרָב ), sim. of lion v 9 17:1 2, cf. Hb 3:1 4; ψ 64:5 ; of י׳ lying in wait La 3:10 (as a lion).

• מַסְתֵּר S 4564 TWOT 1551e GK 5040 n. [ m. ] hiding, act of hiding ;— cstr. וּכְמַסְתֵּר פָּנִים מִמֶּנּוּ Is 53:3 and like a hiding of face from him i.e. like one before whom the face is hidden (e.g. a leper, cf. Che ^Hpt.).

pl. plural. + plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
sf. suffix, or with suffix.
|| parallel, of words (synonymous or contrasted); also of passages; sometimes = see parallel, or see also parallel.
sim. simile.
v verse.
cstr. construct.

Che T. K. Cheyene, Isaiah, in Hpt.s sacred Books of the O. T. (Polychrome Bible), Eng. Trans., and Heb. Text