חוקי המשחק
“חוקי המשחק” (хокей ха-мишхак) — the rules of the game in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Chok — the law — you know: the rules of the game are the laws of the game. Whoever breaks them — the showet shows a yellow card. In a live sentence: “השופט מסביר את חוקי המשחק לילדים.” — The referee explains the rules of the game to the children. Written with the characters ח, ו, ק, י, ה, מ, ש, ח, ק.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | חוקי המשחק |
| Read in Latin letters | хокей ха-мишхак |
| Translation | the rules of the game |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Chok — the law — you know: the rules of the game are the laws of the game. Whoever breaks them — the showet shows a yellow card
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.
- השופט מסביר את חוקי המשחק לילדים.ха-шофет масбир эт хокей ха-мишхак ле-йеладим.The referee explains the rules of the game to the children.
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 “the rules of the game” in Hebrew?
«חוקי המשחק», read “хокей ха-мишхак”. In a live sentence: “השופט מסביר את חוקי המשחק לילדים.” — The referee explains the rules of the game to the children. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ח, ו, ק, י, ה, מ, ש, ח, ק.
How is “חוקי המשחק” written in Latin letters?
хокей ха-мишхак. 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?
Chok — the law — you know: the rules of the game are the laws of the game. Whoever breaks them — the showet shows a yellow card. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.