עגורן
“עגורן” (агоран) — a crane in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. As in our crane by the well, the Hebrew crane is named after a bird: agoran is both the crane bird and the lifting crane. At the building site no clarifications are needed. In a live sentence: “העגורן גבוה מאוד.” — The crane is very tall. Written with the characters ע, ג, ו, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | עגורן |
| Read in Latin letters | агоран |
| Translation | a crane |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
As in our crane by the well, the Hebrew crane is named after a bird: agoran is both the crane bird and the lifting crane. At the building site no clarifications are needed
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.
- העגורן גבוה מאוד.ха-агоран гавоа меод.The crane is very tall.
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 “a crane” in Hebrew?
«עגורן», read “агоран”. In a live sentence: “העגורן גבוה מאוד.” — The crane is very tall. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ע, ג, ו, ר.
How is “עגורן” written in Latin letters?
агоран. 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?
As in our crane by the well, the Hebrew crane is named after a bird: agoran is both the crane bird and the lifting crane. At the building site no clarifications are needed. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.