a.lam describes what is kept hidden and the deliberate withholding of oneself, information, or attention.

The predominant use describes a matter, act, or person as hidden from someone’s awareness or sight. Other occurrences portray an agent withholding counsel or attention, or a person hiding himself rather than responding to a need.

1. Being hidden from awareness or sight · dominant

   Niphal forms describe matters that are not known or seen: in Leviticus 5:2 the APB renders the fact of uncleanness as “hidden from him,” and in Numbers 5:13 an act is concealed from a husband’s eyes. The same use covers what is beyond discovery in Job 28:21 and what was not hidden from Solomon in 1 Kings 10:3.

   Leviticus 5:2Numbers 5:13Job 28:211 Kings 10:3Ecclesiastes 12:14Nahum 3:11
2. Withholding information or attention · common

   Hiphil forms place the action with an agent. In Job 42:3 the APB renders someone as concealing counsel without knowledge; in 2 Kings 4:27 the LORD has hidden the woman’s trouble from the man of God; and in Ezekiel 22:26 the priests have hidden their eyes from the Sabbaths.

   Job 42:32 Kings 4:27Ezekiel 22:26Isaiah 1:15Lamentations 3:56Proverbs 28:27
3. Hiding oneself from a required response · occasional

   Hithpael forms occur in commands not to withdraw from what is seen. In Deuteronomy 22:1 and Deuteronomy 22:4 the APB renders the clause “conceal yourself from them” when a brother’s animal is in need, while Isaiah 58:7 says not to hide oneself from one’s own kin.

   Deuteronomy 22:1Deuteronomy 22:3Deuteronomy 22:4Isaiah 58:7Job 6:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “hidden,” “concealed,” and “hide,” including “conceal yourself” in the commands of Deuteronomy 22:1 and Deuteronomy 22:4. These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.