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MGWB
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Is it true that the primary meaning of סוד is "a confidential discussion, a circle of confidants, or a council"?
Michael Gerard Burke
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MGWB wrote:Is it true that the primary meaning of סוד is "a confidential discussion, a circle of confidants, or a council"?
Found in the dictionary — “consultation, often intimate or private Am 3:7, Pr 15:22, 20:19 ⇒ group for consultation Jr 6:11, 15:17, Ps 111:1”

Karl W. Randolph.
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kwrandolph wrote:
MGWB wrote:Is it true that the primary meaning of סוד is "a confidential discussion, a circle of confidants, or a council"?
Found in the dictionary — “consultation, often intimate or private Am 3:7, Pr 15:22, 20:19 ⇒ group for consultation Jr 6:11, 15:17, Ps 111:1”

Karl W. Randolph.
Thank you.

Is this the most basic form of the word, and can it also mean "secret"?

And what dictionary are you talking about (and is it available here online)?
Michael Gerard Burke
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MGWB wrote:
kwrandolph wrote:
MGWB wrote:Is it true that the primary meaning of סוד is "a confidential discussion, a circle of confidants, or a council"?
Found in the dictionary — “consultation, often intimate or private Am 3:7, Pr 15:22, 20:19 ⇒ group for consultation Jr 6:11, 15:17, Ps 111:1”
Thank you.

Is this the most basic form of the word, and can it also mean "secret"?
The subject of an intimate consultation is often one which the participants don’t want blabbed abroad. So in that case, it could be understood as something private, a “secret” in English.
MGWB wrote:And what dictionary are you talking about (and is it available here online)?
Write me at a mailing address of kwrandolph at the Google’s company free email, and I can send you a copy.

Karl W. Randolph.
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Thank you.
Michael Gerard Burke
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