סְתַר

סְתַרch. sam(סתר IIto dig under), 1) to tear down, destroy. Targ. Y. Deut. 7:5. Targ. Jer. 1:19; a. fr.Taan.20b כל אשיתא … הווה ס׳ לה every threatening wall he ordered to be torn down. B. Bath.3b לא לִיסְתּוֹרוכ׳ one must not tear down a synagogue before having built another one. Ib. סֵתְרֵי ובנו, v. סִתְוָא; a. fr. 2) to unravel, wind up. Ḥull.60a, v. דַּוְלָלָא. Pa. סַתֵּר same. Targ. Prov. 15:25 (Var. ed. Lag. נסטר, corr. acc.). Targ. 2 Kings 11:18; a. e.Yeb.116b קרע … סַתְּרִי מזייך rend thy garments, disarrange thy hair (in mourning). Ned.50b עד דמְסַתְּרִיןוכ׳ until the people of his household disarranged their hair for him (in sympathy with his pain). Ithpa. אִסְתַּתַּר to be torn down. Meg. Taan. ch. VIII, v. סוֹרִיגָא.