סְתַר çᵉthar — to conceal

pronounced seth-ar' · Strong's H5642 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'al, Pa'el

Translated in the KJV as destroy, secret thing.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5641; to conceal; figuratively, to demolish.

çᵉthar in each stem

Pe'al 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

סַתְרֵ֔הּ Ezra 5:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. (KJV)

Pa'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (passive) 1

וּמְסַתְּרָתָ֑א Dan 2:22 Participle (passive), feminine plural

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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