להרתיח מים
“להרתיח מים” (леарких маим) — to put the kettle on in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. Hebrew does not put the kettle on: the water is made to boil — lehartiach mayim. Tea or coffee — one verb for every case. In a live sentence: “למה להרתיח מים כל בוקר?” — Why put the kettle on every morning? Written with the characters ל, ה, ר, ת, י, ח, מ, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להרתיח מים |
| Read in Latin letters | леарких маим |
| Translation | to put the kettle on |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Hebrew does not put the kettle on: the water is made to boil — lehartiach mayim. Tea or coffee — one verb for every case
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.
- למה להרתיח מים כל בוקר?лама леарких маим коль бокер?Why put the kettle on every morning?
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 the kettle on” in Hebrew?
«להרתיח מים», read “леарких маим”. In a live sentence: “למה להרתיח מים כל בוקר?” — Why put the kettle on every morning? Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ה, ר, ת, י, ח, מ, י.
How is “להרתיח מים” written in Latin letters?
леарких маим. 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?
Hebrew does not put the kettle on: the water is made to boil — lehartiach mayim. Tea or coffee — one verb for every case. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.