להחזיר חוב
“להחזיר חוב” (лехахзир хов) — to repay a debt in Hebrew. Phrase, level A2. Lehachzir — to return: a book to the library, an umbrella to a friend, money to a neighbour. A debt is returned with the same verb. In a live sentence: “אני מחזיר את החוב מחר.” — I will repay the debt tomorrow. Written with the characters ל, ה, ח, ז, י, ר, ח, ו, ב. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להחזיר חוב |
| Read in Latin letters | лехахзир хов |
| Translation | to repay a debt |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Lehachzir — to return: a book to the library, an umbrella to a friend, money to a neighbour. A debt is returned with the same verb
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.
- אני מחזיר את החוב מחר.ани махзир эт ха-хов махар.I will repay the debt tomorrow.
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 repay a debt” in Hebrew?
«להחזיר חוב», read “лехахзир хов”. In a live sentence: “אני מחזיר את החוב מחר.” — I will repay the debt tomorrow. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ל, ה, ח, ז, י, ר, ח, ו, ב.
How is “להחזיר חוב” written in Latin letters?
лехахзир хов. 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?
Lehachzir — to return: a book to the library, an umbrella to a friend, money to a neighbour. A debt is returned with the same verb. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.