לפגר
“לפגר” (лефагер) — to fall behind in Hebrew. Verb, level B1. To fall behind on the way and in business: lefager acharei — to fall behind someone. You know pigur be-tashlum — the delay of payment: the same root. In a live sentence: “הוא פיגר אחרי החברים בעלייה.” — He fell behind the friends on the climb. Written with the characters ל, פ, ג, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לפגר |
| Read in Latin letters | лефагер |
| Translation | to fall behind |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
To fall behind on the way and in business: lefager acharei — to fall behind someone. You know pigur be-tashlum — the delay of payment: the same root
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.
- הוא פיגר אחרי החברים בעלייה.ху фигер ахарей ха-хаверим бе-алия.He fell behind the friends on the climb.
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 fall behind” in Hebrew?
«לפגר», read “лефагер”. In a live sentence: “הוא פיגר אחרי החברים בעלייה.” — He fell behind the friends on the climb. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ל, פ, ג, ר.
How is “לפגר” written in Latin letters?
лефагер. 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?
To fall behind on the way and in business: lefager acharei — to fall behind someone. You know pigur be-tashlum — the delay of payment: the same root. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.