In Hebrew: 'Security Check'

בִּדּוּק בִּטְחוֹנִי I've had guests visiting from Europe the last few days. For both of them it's the first time in Israel, and therefore the first time encountering the psychologically-astute Israeli security team at the airport. A security check is a בִּדּוּק בִּטְחוֹנִי. Let's break that down.

בידוק The verb for to check is לִבְדּוֹקof the active-simple פָּעַל form and the root ב.ד.ק (b.d.k). And a check or a checkup is a בְּדִיקָה. But since a security check is a more involved process than a simple checkup, we invoke the noun form of an intensive verb, yielding the word בידוק.

בטחוני בטחוניcomes from the word בִּטָּחוֹן- security. בטחוני is an adjective, so we add a י (y) to the end of the word בטחון. Putting these two pieces together, we get a security check - בידוק בטחוני. Visit Ktzat Ivrit.