התקבלתי לעבודה
“התקבלתי לעבודה” (иткабальти ла-авода) — I got the job in Hebrew. Phrase, level A2. Literally "I was accepted": the news said loudly in the family. Lehikabel — to be accepted: to a job, to the university, to a team. In a live sentence: “התקבלתי לעבודה בחיפה.” — I got the job in Haifa. Written with the characters ה, ת, ק, ב, ל, ת, י, ל, ע, ב, ו, ד… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | התקבלתי לעבודה |
| Read in Latin letters | иткабальти ла-авода |
| Translation | I got the job |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "I was accepted": the news said loudly in the family. Lehikabel — to be accepted: to a job, to the university, to a team
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.
- התקבלתי לעבודה בחיפה.иткабальти ла-авода бе-хайфа.I got the job in Haifa.
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 “I got the job” in Hebrew?
«התקבלתי לעבודה», read “иткабальти ла-авода”. In a live sentence: “התקבלתי לעבודה בחיפה.” — I got the job in Haifa. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ה, ת, ק, ב, ל, ת, י, ל, ע, ב, ו, ד…
How is “התקבלתי לעבודה” written in Latin letters?
иткабальти ла-авода. 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 "I was accepted": the news said loudly in the family. Lehikabel — to be accepted: to a job, to the university, to a team. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.