הרדיאטור לא מחמם
“הרדיאטור לא מחמם” (ха-радиатор ло мехамем) — the radiator gives no heat in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. You know the baterya — that is the one in the phone; the heating radiator an Israeli calls a radiator, and lechamem, to heat, you have met. In a live sentence: “בסלון הרדיאטור לא מחמם.” — The radiator in the living room gives no heat. Written with the characters ה, ר, ד, י, א, ט, ו, ר, ל, א, מ, ח…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | הרדיאטור לא מחמם |
| Read in Latin letters | ха-радиатор ло мехамем |
| Translation | the radiator gives no heat |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know the baterya — that is the one in the phone; the heating radiator an Israeli calls a radiator, and lechamem, to heat, you have met
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.
- בסלון הרדיאטור לא מחמם.ба-салон ха-радиатор ло мехамем.The radiator in the living room gives no heat.
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 radiator gives no heat” in Hebrew?
«הרדיאטור לא מחמם», read “ха-радиатор ло мехамем”. In a live sentence: “בסלון הרדיאטור לא מחמם.” — The radiator in the living room gives no heat. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ה, ר, ד, י, א, ט, ו, ר, ל, א, מ, ח…
How is “הרדיאטור לא מחמם” written in Latin letters?
ха-радиатор ло мехамем. 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 know the baterya — that is the one in the phone; the heating radiator an Israeli calls a radiator, and lechamem, to heat, you have met. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.