חדר הלבשה
“חדר הלבשה” (хедер хальбаша) — fitting room in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Literally "the room of dressing", from the same root l-b-sh. Look in the depth of the shop: chadrei halbasha — there are several. In a live sentence: “איפה חדר הלבשה?” — Where is the fitting room? Written with the characters ח, ד, ר, ה, ל, ב, ש, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | חדר הלבשה |
| Read in Latin letters | хедер хальбаша |
| Translation | fitting room |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the room of dressing", from the same root l-b-sh. Look in the depth of the shop: chadrei halbasha — there are several
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.
- איפה חדר הלבשה?эйфо хедер хальбаша?Where is the fitting room?
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 “fitting room” in Hebrew?
«חדר הלבשה», read “хедер хальбаша”. In a live sentence: “איפה חדר הלבשה?” — Where is the fitting room? Noun, level A2; written with the characters ח, ד, ר, ה, ל, ב, ש, ה.
How is “חדר הלבשה” written in Latin letters?
хедер хальбаша. 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 room of dressing", from the same root l-b-sh. Look in the depth of the shop: chadrei halbasha — there are several. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.