בֶּן מָוֶת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Deserving death / condemned to death

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Deserving to die. Expected to die. Liable to the death penalty.

(“Now send and bring him to me, for he is a man deserving of death.” — 1 Samuel 20:31 (Saul to Jonathan concerning David); and likewise: “She spoke to Father’s heart so that he would not allow this man condemned to death to come into our house, but in vain.” — H. Be’er, Nitzotzot, p. 187)