prison pit

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prison pit

prison pit

Figuratively: a prison with harsh living conditions.

(Modern Hebrew based on the meaning of the word 'bor' as 'prison' in Genesis 40:15 and Jeremiah 38:6)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בּוֹר כֶּלֶא

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: בֵּית כֶּלֶא עִם תְּנָאֵי מִחְיָה קָשִׁים.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּעִקְבוֹת מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּלָּה בּוֹר כְּבֵית כֶּלֶא בְּבְרֵאשִׁית מ׳ ט״ו וּבִירְמִיָּהוּ ל״ח ו׳)

Keyword

modern Hebrew pit prison biblical source harsh conditions

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