להסיח את הדעת
“להסיח את הדעת” (лехасиах эт ха-даат) — to get distracted in Hebrew. Verb, level B1. Literally to pull the mind away: got distracted and missed the turn. You know ma daatcha — what do you think: the same daat. In a live sentence: “הסחתי את הדעת ושכחתי את המפתחות.” — I got distracted and forgot the keys. Written with the characters ל, ה, ס, י, ח, א, ת, ה, ד, ע, ת. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להסיח את הדעת |
| Read in Latin letters | лехасиах эт ха-даат |
| Translation | to get distracted |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally to pull the mind away: got distracted and missed the turn. You know ma daatcha — what do you think: the same daat
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.
- הסחתי את הדעת ושכחתי את המפתחות.хисахти эт ха-даат ве-шкахти эт ха-мафтехот.I got distracted and forgot the keys.
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 get distracted” in Hebrew?
«להסיח את הדעת», read “лехасиах эт ха-даат”. In a live sentence: “הסחתי את הדעת ושכחתי את המפתחות.” — I got distracted and forgot the keys. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ל, ה, ס, י, ח, א, ת, ה, ד, ע, ת.
How is “להסיח את הדעת” written in Latin letters?
лехасиах эт ха-даат. 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?
Literally to pull the mind away: got distracted and missed the turn. You know ma daatcha — what do you think: the same daat. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.