דלקים
“דלקים” (длаким) — fuel in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. The word delec is taken by petrol in the course, so fuel in general is the plural dlakim: gas, mazut, kerosene at once. This is how they write in the news about prices. In a live sentence: “מחירי הדלקים עלו שוב.” — Fuel prices rose again. Written with the characters ד, ל, ק, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | דלקים |
| Read in Latin letters | длаким |
| Translation | fuel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The word delec is taken by petrol in the course, so fuel in general is the plural dlakim: gas, mazut, kerosene at once. This is how they write in the news about prices
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.
- מחירי הדלקים עלו שוב.мехирей ха-длаким алу шув.Fuel prices rose again.
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 “fuel” in Hebrew?
«דלקים», read “длаким”. In a live sentence: “מחירי הדלקים עלו שוב.” — Fuel prices rose again. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ד, ל, ק, י.
How is “דלקים” written in Latin letters?
длаким. 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?
The word delec is taken by petrol in the course, so fuel in general is the plural dlakim: gas, mazut, kerosene at once. This is how they write in the news about prices. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.