how to say “mysterious” in Hebrew
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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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