ענן סערה
“ענן סערה” (анан саара) — storm cloud in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. You know anan, the cloud, and saara, the storm. The storm cloud is a cloud with thunder: dark, heavy, with rain inside. In a live sentence: “ענן סערה שחור מעל העיר.” — The storm cloud is black over the city. Written with the characters ע, נ, ס, ע, ר, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | ענן סערה |
| Read in Latin letters | анан саара |
| Translation | storm cloud |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know anan, the cloud, and saara, the storm. The storm cloud is a cloud with thunder: dark, heavy, with rain inside
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.
- ענן סערה שחור מעל העיר.анан саара шхор меаль ха-ир.The storm cloud is black over the city.
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 “storm cloud” in Hebrew?
«ענן סערה», read “анан саара”. In a live sentence: “ענן סערה שחור מעל העיר.” — The storm cloud is black over the city. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ע, נ, ס, ע, ר, ה.
How is “ענן סערה” written in Latin letters?
анан саара. 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?
You know anan, the cloud, and saara, the storm. The storm cloud is a cloud with thunder: dark, heavy, with rain inside. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.