לוותר באמצע
“לוותר באמצע” (леватэр бе-эмца) — to give up halfway in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Levater — to refuse, to give up. The emtza — the middle: the English halfway Hebrew counts as the middle of the way. In a live sentence: “אל תוותר באמצע הדרך.” — Don't give up halfway. Written with the characters ל, ו, ו, ת, ר, ב, א, מ, צ, ע. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לוותר באמצע |
| Read in Latin letters | леватэр бе-эмца |
| Translation | to give up halfway |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Levater — to refuse, to give up. The emtza — the middle: the English halfway Hebrew counts as the middle of the way
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.
- אל תוותר באמצע הדרך.аль таватэр бе-эмца ха-дэрэх.Don't give up halfway.
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 give up halfway” in Hebrew?
«לוותר באמצע», read “леватэр бе-эмца”. In a live sentence: “אל תוותר באמצע הדרך.” — Don't give up halfway. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ו, ו, ת, ר, ב, א, מ, צ, ע.
How is “לוותר באמצע” written in Latin letters?
леватэр бе-эмца. 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?
Levater — to refuse, to give up. The emtza — the middle: the English halfway Hebrew counts as the middle of the way. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.