בדיקת דם
“בדיקת דם” (бдикат дам) — blood test in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Literally "the check of the blood". In the morning, before eating — so the referral says, and the rule has no exceptions. In a live sentence: “הבדיקת דם בבוקר.” — A blood test in the morning. Written with the characters ב, ד, י, ק, ת, ד. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | בדיקת דם |
| Read in Latin letters | бдикат дам |
| Translation | blood test |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the check of the blood". In the morning, before eating — so the referral says, and the rule has no exceptions
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.
- הבדיקת דם בבוקר.ха-бдикат дам ба-бокер.A blood test in the morning.
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 “blood test” in Hebrew?
«בדיקת דם», read “бдикат дам”. In a live sentence: “הבדיקת דם בבוקר.” — A blood test in the morning. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ב, ד, י, ק, ת, ד.
How is “בדיקת דם” written in Latin letters?
бдикат дам. 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?
Literally "the check of the blood". In the morning, before eating — so the referral says, and the rule has no exceptions. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.