הברז מדליף
“הברז מדליף” (ха-барз медлиф) — the tap leaks in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. You have met the berez, the tap; it does not go but lets through: lidlof — to leak, to spring a leak. In a live sentence: “הברז במטבח מדליף כבר שבוע.” — The kitchen tap has been leaking for a week. Written with the characters ה, ב, ר, ז, מ, ד, ל, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | הברז מדליף |
| Read in Latin letters | ха-барз медлиф |
| Translation | the tap leaks |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You have met the berez, the tap; it does not go but lets through: lidlof — to leak, to spring a leak
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.
- הברז במטבח מדליף כבר שבוע.ха-барз ба-митбах медлиф квар шавуа.The kitchen tap has been leaking for a week.
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 tap leaks” in Hebrew?
«הברז מדליף», read “ха-барз медлиф”. In a live sentence: “הברז במטבח מדליף כבר שבוע.” — The kitchen tap has been leaking for a week. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ה, ב, ר, ז, מ, ד, ל, י.
How is “הברז מדליף” written in Latin letters?
ха-барз медлиф. 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?
You have met the berez, the tap; it does not go but lets through: lidlof — to leak, to spring a leak. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.