בהישג יד
“בהישג יד” (бэ-хисэг яд) — at hand in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally within the reach of the hand: ready, close by. The spelling is the same as the familiar hasaga — success — but the sense here is reachability. In a live sentence: “הכלים תמיד בהישג יד.” — The tools are always at hand. Written with the characters ב, ה, י, ש, ג, י, ד. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | בהישג יד |
| Read in Latin letters | бэ-хисэг яд |
| Translation | at hand |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally within the reach of the hand: ready, close by. The spelling is the same as the familiar hasaga — success — but the sense here is reachability
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.
- הכלים תמיד בהישג יד.ха-клеим тамид бэ-хисэг яд.The tools are always at hand.
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 “at hand” in Hebrew?
«בהישג יד», read “бэ-хисэг яд”. In a live sentence: “הכלים תמיד בהישג יד.” — The tools are always at hand. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ב, ה, י, ש, ג, י, ד.
How is “בהישג יד” written in Latin letters?
бэ-хисэг яд. 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 within the reach of the hand: ready, close by. The spelling is the same as the familiar hasaga — success — but the sense here is reachability. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.