סֵתֶר

סֵתֶרm. (b. h.; סָתַר I) secrecy. Sot.I, 2 (2a) נכנסה עמו לבית הס׳ (not בס׳) if she went with him to a closeted place, v. סְתִירָה. Gen. R. s. 45 סִיתְרָהּ, v. גָּלוּי.בַּסֵּ׳ in secret. B. Bath.9b גדול העושה צדקה בס׳וכ׳ he that dispenses charity in secret, is greater than Moses. Ḥag.16a העובר עבירה בס׳וכ׳ he who selects a secret place for committing a sin, is considered as though he pushed away the feet of the Divine Presence (denying the omniscience of God). Ab. IV, 4; a. fr.Pl. סְתָרִים, constr. סִתְרֵי, סִי׳. Mikv. IX, 3; Lev. R. s. 15, a. fr. בית הס׳ covered parts of the body, posteriors Meg.3a מי הוא זה שגילה סְתָרַייוכ׳ who is he that revealed my secrets to men? Ib. אני … סְתָרֶיךָ I did reveal thy secrets. Ḥag.11b סתרי עריות the secrets of the laws of incest, i. e. the laws not explicitly stated (cmp. סְתָם). Y.Keth.V, 29d bot. סיתרי תורה the secrets of the Law, i. e. logical deductions; a. fr.