לעשות בדיקות
“לעשות בדיקות” (лаасот бдикот) — to have tests done in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. You know bdikot, the examinations, from the blood test: to have tests done is literally to make the checks. Hebrew does not hand them in — it does them. In a live sentence: “מחר אני הולך לעשות בדיקות.” — Tomorrow I am going to have tests done. Written with the characters ל, ע, ש, ו, ת, ב, ד, י, ק, ו, ת. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לעשות בדיקות |
| Read in Latin letters | лаасот бдикот |
| Translation | to have tests done |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know bdikot, the examinations, from the blood test: to have tests done is literally to make the checks. Hebrew does not hand them in — it does them
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.
- מחר אני הולך לעשות בדיקות.махар ани холэх лаасот бдикот.Tomorrow I am going to have tests done.
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 “to have tests done” in Hebrew?
«לעשות בדיקות», read “лаасот бдикот”. In a live sentence: “מחר אני הולך לעשות בדיקות.” — Tomorrow I am going to have tests done. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ע, ש, ו, ת, ב, ד, י, ק, ו, ת.
How is “לעשות בדיקות” written in Latin letters?
лаасот бдикот. 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?
You know bdikot, the examinations, from the blood test: to have tests done is literally to make the checks. Hebrew does not hand them in — it does them. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.