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Psalms 119:114

“Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סֵתֶרçêther · say'-ther
H5643 · Hebrew

Definition: a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Derivation: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר);
KJV renderings: backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Grammar: סִתְרִ֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 13:7 Deuteronomy 27:15 Deuteronomy 27:24 Deuteronomy 28:57 Deuteronomy 32:38

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סֵתֶר here.

Verse 113 Verse 115

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.