הפשרת הקרח
“הפשרת הקרח” (хафшарат ха-корах) — the melting of ice in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. From lehafshir — to melt; korach — the ice — a word you know in the pair with kar — cold. About snow in spring they say chamsat hasheleg. In a live sentence: “הפשרת הקרח מתחילה באביב.” — The melting of the ice begins in spring. Written with the characters ה, פ, ש, ר, ת, ה, ק, ר, ח. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | הפשרת הקרח |
| Read in Latin letters | хафшарат ха-корах |
| Translation | the melting of ice |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From lehafshir — to melt; korach — the ice — a word you know in the pair with kar — cold. About snow in spring they say chamsat hasheleg
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.
- הפשרת הקרח מתחילה באביב.хафшарат ха-корах митхила ба-авив.The melting of the ice begins in spring.
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 melting of ice” in Hebrew?
«הפשרת הקרח», read “хафшарат ха-корах”. In a live sentence: “הפשרת הקרח מתחילה באביב.” — The melting of the ice begins in spring. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ה, פ, ש, ר, ת, ה, ק, ר, ח.
How is “הפשרת הקרח” written in Latin letters?
хафшарат ха-корах. 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?
From lehafshir — to melt; korach — the ice — a word you know in the pair with kar — cold. About snow in spring they say chamsat hasheleg. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.