Closely Guarded Secret/ top (strict)secret (סוֹד כָּמוּס)

Closely Guarded Secret/ top (strict)secret

A secret kept extremely carefully; a concealed secret matter ("kamus" means hidden, stored away).

("Is it not stored away with Me, sealed in My treasuries" — Deuteronomy 32:34), and also: "Once the king sought counsel about some closely guarded secret and consulted with the princes of the kingdom" — S. Y. Agnon / Tales of the Baal Shem Tov, The Wicked Rabbi and the Judge, and also: "But listen... the seven... it is a secret kept from me" — Shaul Tchernichovsky / The Rabbi's Daughter.

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

סוֹד כָּמוּס

Definition (Hebrew)

סוֹד שָׁמוּר בְּיוֹתֵר. דְּבַר סֵתֶר שָׁמוּר (כָּמוּס מַשְׁמָע גָּנוּז, טָמוּן).

("הֲלֹא הוּא כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי חָתֻם בְּאוֹצְרֹתָי"- דְּבָרִים לֵב לֵד, וְכֵן:"פַּעַם אַחַת הָיָה לַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִתְיַעֵץ אֵיזֶה סוֹד כָּמוּס וְיוֹעֵץ עִם שָׂרֵי הַמְּלוּכָה"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הָרַב וְהַדַּיָּן הָרָשָׁע, וְכֵן:"אַךְ הַסְכֵּת...הַשִּׁבְעָה...סוֹד כָּמוּס הוּא לִי "- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ בַּת הָרַב)

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