להעתיק משפט
“להעתיק משפט” (леатик мишпат) — to copy out in Hebrew. Verb, level A1. The same lehaatik as in to copy: to write the sentence into the notebook cleanly. Mishpat — the sentence — is already familiar. In a live sentence: “העתיקו את המשפט למחברת.” — Copy the sentence into the notebook. Written with the characters ל, ה, ע, ת, י, ק, מ, ש, פ, ט. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להעתיק משפט |
| Read in Latin letters | леатик мишпат |
| Translation | to copy out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The same lehaatik as in to copy: to write the sentence into the notebook cleanly. Mishpat — the sentence — is already familiar
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.
- העתיקו את המשפט למחברת.хеатику эт ха-мишпат ла-махберет.Copy the sentence into the notebook.
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 copy out” in Hebrew?
«להעתיק משפט», read “леатик мишпат”. In a live sentence: “העתיקו את המשפט למחברת.” — Copy the sentence into the notebook. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ל, ה, ע, ת, י, ק, מ, ש, פ, ט.
How is “להעתיק משפט” written in Latin letters?
леатик мишпат. 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?
The same lehaatik as in to copy: to write the sentence into the notebook cleanly. Mishpat — the sentence — is already familiar. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.