לאכול ארוחת ערב
“לאכול ארוחת ערב” (леэхоль арухат эрэв) — to have dinner in Hebrew. Verb, level A1. Dinner is aruchat erev, the evening meal: the three meals of the day differ only in the name of the time. In a live sentence: “המשפחה אוכלת ארוחת ערב בבית.” — The family has dinner at home. Written with the characters ל, א, כ, ו, ל, א, ר, ו, ח, ת, ע, ר… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לאכול ארוחת ערב |
| Read in Latin letters | леэхоль арухат эрэв |
| Translation | to have dinner |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Dinner is aruchat erev, the evening meal: the three meals of the day differ only in the name of the time
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.
- המשפחה אוכלת ארוחת ערב בבית.ха-мишпаха охелет арухат эрэв ба-байт.The family has dinner at home.
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 dinner” in Hebrew?
«לאכול ארוחת ערב», read “леэхоль арухат эрэв”. In a live sentence: “המשפחה אוכלת ארוחת ערב בבית.” — The family has dinner at home. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ל, א, כ, ו, ל, א, ר, ו, ח, ת, ע, ר…
How is “לאכול ארוחת ערב” written in Latin letters?
леэхоль арухат эрэв. 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?
Dinner is aruchat erev, the evening meal: the three meals of the day differ only in the name of the time. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.