how to say “to forbid” in Hebrew
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לֶאֱסוֹר
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לֶאֱסוֹר, an active-simple פָּעַל verb, means to forbid. Its origin goes back to Biblical Hebrew, where it means to bind someone or something or to tie up.
Here’s a Modern-Hebrew example:
אָסַרְתִּי עָלָיו לַחְצוֹת אֶת הַכְּבִישׁ לְבַד.
I forbade him to cross the street alone.
Likewise, something that is forbidden or not allowed is אָסוּר (ah-SOOR) in the masculine and אֲסוּרָה (ah-soo-RAH) in the feminine.
Just as לאסור means to bind in Biblical Hebrew, לְהַתִּיר (leh-hah-TEER) means to unbind or to untie – and in Modern Hebrew, is (also) a way of saying to permit. Likewise, מֻתָּר (moo-TAHR) means permitted.
For example:
מֻתָּר לְעַשֵּׁן סִיגַרְיוֹת, אָבָל לֹא מֻמְלָץ.
It’s permissible to smoke cigarettes, but it’s not recommended.
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