להקים
“להקים” (лехаким) — to erect in Hebrew. Verb, level B1. To raise and build to the end: lehakim binyan. You know this verb from to start a family — there they raised a family, here the walls. In a live sentence: “את הגשר הקימו בשנה אחת.” — The bridge was erected in one year. Written with the characters ל, ה, ק, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להקים |
| Read in Latin letters | лехаким |
| Translation | to erect |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
To raise and build to the end: lehakim binyan. You know this verb from to start a family — there they raised a family, here the walls
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.
- את הגשר הקימו בשנה אחת.эт ха-гешер хекиму би-шана ахат.The bridge was erected in one year.
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 erect” in Hebrew?
«להקים», read “лехаким”. In a live sentence: “את הגשר הקימו בשנה אחת.” — The bridge was erected in one year. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ל, ה, ק, י.
How is “להקים” written in Latin letters?
лехаким. 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?
To raise and build to the end: lehakim binyan. You know this verb from to start a family — there they raised a family, here the walls. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.