Sign on for permanent service
Continued serving in the IDF after completing mandatory service required by law; figuratively, settled somewhere permanently.
(Modern Hebrew)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָתַם קֶבַע
Definition (Hebrew)
הִמְשִׁיךְ לְשָׁרֵת בְּצַהַ"ל לְאַחַר שֶׁסִּיֵּם אֶת שֵׁרוּת הַחוֹבָה עַל פִּי חֹק. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ בַּמָּקוֹם בְּאֹפֶן קָבוּעַ.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)