In Hebrew: ‘Mysterious’
Latest update: February 22nd, 2013
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מִסְתּוֹרִי 
Yesterday, we saw the Hebrew root ס.ת.ר (s.t.r) in action, in the word for to conceal – לְהַסְתִּיר
. We saw that the Talmud connects the root ס.ת.ר with the name of the biblical heroine of the Purim story, אֶסְתֵּר - Esther.
Another application of ס.ת.ר is in the expression for hideout or place or refuge -מִסְתּוֹר.
מסתור also conveniently serves as the basis for the Hebrew word for mysterious -מִסְתּוֹרִי in the masculine and מִסְתּוֹרִית in the feminine.
For example:
הֵם נִכְנְסוּ לְיַעַר מִסְתּוֹרִי. They entered a mysterious forest. As for a mystery, the word is מִסְתּוֹרִין, or its synonym,תַּעֲלוּמָה.
Note that the root ס.ת.ר also bears the meaning contradiction. The word itself for contradiction is סְתִירָה.
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tell a friendAbout the Author: Ami Steinberger is founder and director of Ulpan La-Inyan.
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