לפקוד
“לפקוד” (лифкод) — to order in Hebrew. Verb, level B1. Lefakod — to order, to command: in the army and on the building site. The order is pkuda; the tone is short, like a command. In a live sentence: “הבוס פקד על העובדים לעמוד בשבע.” — The boss ordered the workers to get up at seven. Written with the characters ל, פ, ק, ו, ד. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לפקוד |
| Read in Latin letters | лифкод |
| Translation | to order |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Lefakod — to order, to command: in the army and on the building site. The order is pkuda; the tone is short, like a command
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.
- הבוס פקד על העובדים לעמוד בשבע.ха-бос пакад аль ха-овдим ле-амод ба-шева.The boss ordered the workers to get up at seven.
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 order” in Hebrew?
«לפקוד», read “лифкод”. In a live sentence: “הבוס פקד על העובדים לעמוד בשבע.” — The boss ordered the workers to get up at seven. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ל, פ, ק, ו, ד.
How is “לפקוד” written in Latin letters?
лифкод. 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?
Lefakod — to order, to command: in the army and on the building site. The order is pkuda; the tone is short, like a command. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.