how to say “criminal” in Hebrew
פּוֹשֵׁעַ, פְּלִילִי
גִּבּוֹרֵי-עַל נִלְחָמִים בַּפֶּשַׁע.
Superheroes fight (the) crime.
Thus a criminal is a פּוֹשֵׁעַ 
listen and repeat (a male) or a פּוֹשַׁעַת listen and repeat (a female).
listen and repeat (a male) or a פּוֹשַׁעַת listen and repeat (a female).Now that’s criminal as a noun. As an adjective, Hebrew’s got a different word: פְּלִילִי listen and repeat.
listen and repeat.For example:
הַפּוֹשֵׁעַ יוּרְשַׁע בַּעֲבֵרָה פְּלִילִית.
The criminal will be convicted of a criminal offense.
You may have noticed that the root of פלילי is פ.ל.ל (p.l.l), the same as that of to pray – the reflexive-intensive verb לְהִתְפַּלֵּל listen and repeat. What is the connection between crime and prayer?
listen and repeat. What is the connection between crime and prayer?The answer lies in the meaning of the root פ.ל.ל itself: interference. Just as a criminal does something that interferes with someone else’s well-being, prayer can be seen as an act of interfering or intervening with the divine will.
