כביש
“כביש” (квиш) — the road in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. Kvish is the asphalt road for cars: kvish chad kivuni, one-way, you have seen it. The pedestrian walks on the midracha, the sidewalk. In a live sentence: “הכביש סגור” — The road is closed. Written with the characters כ, ב, י, ש. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | כביש |
| Read in Latin letters | квиш |
| Translation | the road |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Kvish is the asphalt road for cars: kvish chad kivuni, one-way, you have seen it. The pedestrian walks on the midracha, the sidewalk
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.
- הכביש סגורха-квиш сагур.The road is closed
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 road” in Hebrew?
«כביש», read “квиш”. In a live sentence: “הכביש סגור” — The road is closed. Noun, level A1; written with the characters כ, ב, י, ש.
How is “כביש” written in Latin letters?
квиш. 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?
Kvish is the asphalt road for cars: kvish chad kivuni, one-way, you have seen it. The pedestrian walks on the midracha, the sidewalk. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.