השכרת רכב
“השכרת רכב” (хашхарат рехев) — a car rental in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Literally "the handing of transport for hire": the desk will be signed exactly so. The same root is in leasing an apartment — a word you already know. In a live sentence: “השכרת רכב בכניסה לעיר.” — The car rental is at the entrance to the city. Written with the characters ה, ש, כ, ר, ת, ר, כ, ב. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | השכרת רכב |
| Read in Latin letters | хашхарат рехев |
| Translation | a car rental |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the handing of transport for hire": the desk will be signed exactly so. The same root is in leasing an apartment — a word you already know
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.
- השכרת רכב בכניסה לעיר.хашхарат рехев ба-книса ла-ир.The car rental is at the entrance to the city.
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 car rental” in Hebrew?
«השכרת רכב», read “хашхарат рехев”. In a live sentence: “השכרת רכב בכניסה לעיר.” — The car rental is at the entrance to the city. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ה, ש, כ, ר, ת, ר, כ, ב.
How is “השכרת רכב” written in Latin letters?
хашхарат рехев. 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?
Literally "the handing of transport for hire": the desk will be signed exactly so. The same root is in leasing an apartment — a word you already know. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.