להחליק על הקרח
“להחליק על הקרח” (леахалик аль ха-кереах) — to skate in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. You know kerech — the ice; to skate on it is lehachlik. The same root is in machlikaim — the skates — a bit further in this lesson. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה להחליק על הקרח בחורף.” — I want to skate in the winter. Written with the characters ל, ה, ח, ל, י, ק, ע, ל, ה, ק, ר, ח. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להחליק על הקרח |
| Read in Latin letters | леахалик аль ха-кереах |
| Translation | to skate |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know kerech — the ice; to skate on it is lehachlik. The same root is in machlikaim — the skates — a bit further in this lesson
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 רוצה להחליק על הקרח בחורף.ани роце леахалик аль ха-кереах ба-хорэф.I want to skate in the winter.
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 skate” in Hebrew?
«להחליק על הקרח», read “леахалик аль ха-кереах”. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה להחליק על הקרח בחורף.” — I want to skate in the winter. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ה, ח, ל, י, ק, ע, ל, ה, ק, ר, ח.
How is “להחליק על הקרח” written in Latin letters?
леахалик аль ха-кереах. 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?
You know kerech — the ice; to skate on it is lehachlik. The same root is in machlikaim — the skates — a bit further in this lesson. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.