חזק
“חזק” (хазак) — hold on in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally strongly! — but it sounds like hold on! — after the hospital and before a hard day. The full form — chazak veamatz — be strong and brave. In a live sentence: “חזק, אל תדאג, הכל בסדר.” — Hold on, don't worry — everything is fine. Written with the characters ח, ז, ק. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | חזק |
| Read in Latin letters | хазак |
| Translation | hold on |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally strongly! — but it sounds like hold on! — after the hospital and before a hard day. The full form — chazak veamatz — be strong and brave
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.
- חזק, אל תדאג, הכל בסדר.хазак, аль дага, ха-коль беседер.Hold on, don't worry — everything is fine.
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 “hold on” in Hebrew?
«חזק», read “хазак”. In a live sentence: “חזק, אל תדאג, הכל בסדר.” — Hold on, don't worry — everything is fine. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ח, ז, ק.
How is “חזק” written in Latin letters?
хазак. 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 strongly! — but it sounds like hold on! — after the hospital and before a hard day. The full form — chazak veamatz — be strong and brave. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.