Ma'atsar bayit (מעצר בית) means house arrest in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
מַעֲצַר בַּיִת
ma'atsar bayit
phrase
In English
house arrest
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ma'atsar bayit.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צו אותו מטילה רשות שיפוטית על אדם, המחייבת אותו להישאר בביתו לזמן מסוים. עפ"ר חלופת מעצר, כתנאי שחרור.
The word Ma'atsar bayit is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- מַעֲצַר בַּיִת
- Written without vowel points
- מעצר בית
- Said
- ma'atsar bayit
- Plural
- מַעַצְרֵי בַּיִת
- Inflections
- ר' מַעַצְרֵי בַּיִת
- Gematria
- 812
This is how Ma'atsar bayit is said in other languages.
- English
- house arrest
- Arabic
- الإقامة الجبرية, الحبس المنزلي
- Russian
- домашний арест
- French
- résidence surveillée
- Spanish
- detención de la casa
- German
- Hausanhalten
These words come before and after Ma'atsar bayit in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ma'atsar bayit.
What does Ma'atsar bayit (מעצר בית) mean in Hebrew?
Ma'atsar bayit (מעצר בית) means house arrest. It is said ma'atsar bayit, with the stress on tsar.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מעצר בית of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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