בקשה
“בקשה” (бакаша) — application in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. You have already lehagish bakasha — filed an application; the bakasha itself is the request: they ask and wait for an answer. In a live sentence: “הבקשה שלי מוכנה.” — My application is ready. Written with the characters ב, ק, ש, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | בקשה |
| Read in Latin letters | бакаша |
| Translation | application |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You have already lehagish bakasha — filed an application; the bakasha itself is the request: they ask and wait for an answer
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.
- הבקשה שלי מוכנה.ха-бакаша шели мухана.My application is ready.
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 “application” in Hebrew?
«בקשה», read “бакаша”. In a live sentence: “הבקשה שלי מוכנה.” — My application is ready. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ב, ק, ש, ה.
How is “בקשה” written in Latin letters?
бакаша. 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 have already lehagish bakasha — filed an application; the bakasha itself is the request: they ask and wait for an answer. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.