גלגל
“גלגל” (галгаль) — a wheel in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. The same word turns in galgal hamazeg — the weather cycle, the circle. Do not mix it up with gal — the wave you caught at the beach. In a live sentence: “למכונית יש ארבעה גלגלים.” — The car has four wheels. Written with the characters ג, ל, ג, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | גלגל |
| Read in Latin letters | галгаль |
| Translation | a wheel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The same word turns in galgal hamazeg — the weather cycle, the circle. Do not mix it up with gal — the wave you caught at the beach
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.
- למכונית יש ארבעה גלגלים.ла-мехонит йеш арбаа глагалим.The car has four wheels.
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 “a wheel” in Hebrew?
«גלגל», read “галгаль”. In a live sentence: “למכונית יש ארבעה גלגלים.” — The car has four wheels. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ג, ל, ג, ל.
How is “גלגל” written in Latin letters?
галгаль. 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 same word turns in galgal hamazeg — the weather cycle, the circle. Do not mix it up with gal — the wave you caught at the beach. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.