להפקיד כסף בחשבון
“להפקיד כסף בחשבון” (лехафкид кесеф ба-хешбон) — to put money into the account in Hebrew. Phrase, level A2. Lehafkid — to entrust — the opposite of withdrawing. One journey of the money: put in — taken out — and between them the interest grows. In a live sentence: “הוא מפקיד כסף בחשבון.” — He is putting money into the account. Written with the characters ל, ה, פ, ק, י, ד, כ, ס, ב, ח, ש, ב… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להפקיד כסף בחשבון |
| Read in Latin letters | лехафкид кесеф ба-хешбон |
| Translation | to put money into the account |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Lehafkid — to entrust — the opposite of withdrawing. One journey of the money: put in — taken out — and between them the interest grows
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 מפקיד כסף בחשבון.ху мефкид кесеф ба-хешбон.He is putting money into the account.
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 put money into the account” in Hebrew?
«להפקיד כסף בחשבון», read “лехафкид кесеф ба-хешбон”. In a live sentence: “הוא מפקיד כסף בחשבון.” — He is putting money into the account. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ל, ה, פ, ק, י, ד, כ, ס, ב, ח, ש, ב…
How is “להפקיד כסף בחשבון” written in Latin letters?
лехафкид кесеф ба-хешбон. 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?
Lehafkid — to entrust — the opposite of withdrawing. One journey of the money: put in — taken out — and between them the interest grows. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.