עכבר מחשב
“עכבר מחשב” (ахбар махшев) — computer mouse in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The achbar is taken by the animal — the mouse; the computer one is the mouse of the computer. Its tail is the cable, and its ears are the two buttons. In a live sentence: “העכבר של המחשב שלי לבן.” — My computer mouse is white. Written with the characters ע, כ, ב, ר, מ, ח, ש, ב. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | עכבר מחשב |
| Read in Latin letters | ахбар махшев |
| Translation | computer mouse |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The achbar is taken by the animal — the mouse; the computer one is the mouse of the computer. Its tail is the cable, and its ears are the two buttons
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- העכבר של המחשב שלי לבן.ха-ахбар шель ха-махшев шели лаван.My computer mouse is white.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “computer mouse” in Hebrew?
«עכבר מחשב», read “ахбар махшев”. In a live sentence: “העכבר של המחשב שלי לבן.” — My computer mouse is white. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ע, כ, ב, ר, מ, ח, ש, ב.
How is “עכבר מחשב” written in Latin letters?
ахбар махшев. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The achbar is taken by the animal — the mouse; the computer one is the mouse of the computer. Its tail is the cable, and its ears are the two buttons. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.