מֵאֲחוֹרֵי סוֹרֵג וּבְרִיחַ We’ve seen that bars are סורגים in Hebrew. What about someone “behind bars”? That’s מאחורי סורג ובריח . For example: שנים הוא

אָסִיר While the Hebrew word for “allowed” is מותר – literally, “released”, the word for “not allowed” or “forbidden” is אסור – literally, “bound” or

מַעֲצַר בַּיִת To arrest, in Hebrew, is לעצור . What about the “arrest” itself? That’s מעצר , as in: הוא נמצא תחת מעצר. He is

לַעֲצוֹר In English, there’s the simple action “to stop”, and then there’s “to arrest” (which is a fancy word for “to stop”). In Hebrew, they’re

סוֹרָגִים Those bars people put on their windows keep thieves out and children in – in Hebrew, they’re called סורגים . For example: הפעם הם