אחריות
“אחריות” (ахрайут) — responsibility in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Responsibility for the work, for people, for money. The same word means a warranty — at the shop you ask for achrariut for the phone; here you answer yourself. In a live sentence: “לתפקיד הזה יש אחריות גדולה.” — This position has great responsibility. Written with the characters א, ח, ר, י, ו, ת. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | אחריות |
| Read in Latin letters | ахрайут |
| Translation | responsibility |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Responsibility for the work, for people, for money. The same word means a warranty — at the shop you ask for achrariut for the phone; here you answer yourself
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.
- לתפקיד הזה יש אחריות גדולה.ле-тафкид хазэ йеш ахрайут гдола.This position has great responsibility.
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 “responsibility” in Hebrew?
«אחריות», read “ахрайут”. In a live sentence: “לתפקיד הזה יש אחריות גדולה.” — This position has great responsibility. Noun, level B1; written with the characters א, ח, ר, י, ו, ת.
How is “אחריות” written in Latin letters?
ахрайут. 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?
Responsibility for the work, for people, for money. The same word means a warranty — at the shop you ask for achrariut for the phone; here you answer yourself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.