Prison / Jail
A place for incarcerating prisoners after their sentence has been passed.
("And the master of Joseph took him and put him in the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in the prison" – Genesis 39:20; and: "The guards caught him and led him to the jail, he sat there a week, and after investigation and questioning they handed him over to the soldiers… and he worked for them five years" – Mordechai Ben Yehezkel / Book of Tales, Part Four, His Soul Desired Magic, 289)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בֵּית סוֹהַר
Definition (Hebrew)
מְקוֹם כְּלִיאַת אֲסִירִים לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּגְזַר עָנְשָׁם.
("וַיִּקַּח אֲדֹנֵי יוֹסֵף אֹתוֹ וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ אֶל בֵּית הַסֹּהַר מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אֲסִירֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲסוּרִים וַיְהִי שָׁם בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לט כ, וְכֵן: "תָּפְסוּ אוֹתוֹ הַשּׁוֹמְרִים וְהוֹבִילוּהוּ לְבֵית הַסֹּהַר, יָשַׁב שָׁם שָׁבוּעַ, וְאַחֲרֵי חֲקִירָה וּדְרִישָׁה מָסְרוּ אוֹתוֹ לְאַנְשֵׁי הַצָּבָא... וְעָבַד אֶצְלָם חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, נַפְשׁוֹ חָשְׁקָה בְּכַשּׁוּף, 289)