הזמנה לחתונה
“הזמנה לחתונה” (хазмана ле-хатуна) — a wedding invitation in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. The hazmana is both an order and an invitation: what exactly — the word after decides. Wedding invitations in Israel are sent by post and by phone. In a live sentence: “הזמנה לחתונה בדואר.” — A wedding invitation by post. Written with the characters ה, ז, מ, נ, ה, ל, ח, ת, ו, נ, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | הזמנה לחתונה |
| Read in Latin letters | хазмана ле-хатуна |
| Translation | a wedding invitation |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The hazmana is both an order and an invitation: what exactly — the word after decides. Wedding invitations in Israel are sent by post and by phone
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.
- הזמנה לחתונה בדואר.хазмана ле-хатуна ба-дуар.A wedding invitation by post.
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 wedding invitation” in Hebrew?
«הזמנה לחתונה», read “хазмана ле-хатуна”. In a live sentence: “הזמנה לחתונה בדואר.” — A wedding invitation by post. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ה, ז, מ, נ, ה, ל, ח, ת, ו, נ, ה.
How is “הזמנה לחתונה” written in Latin letters?
хазмана ле-хатуна. 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 hazmana is both an order and an invitation: what exactly — the word after decides. Wedding invitations in Israel are sent by post and by phone. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.