להירשם לאוניברסיטה
“להירשם לאוניברסיטה” (лехирашем ла-университета) — to enrol at the university in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to sign oneself up": Israeli universities have no entrance exams — the school grades are counted and a fee is taken. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה להירשם לאוניברסיטה.” — I want to enrol at the university. Written with the characters ל, ה, י, ר, ש, ל, א, ו, נ, י, ב, ר… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להירשם לאוניברסיטה |
| Read in Latin letters | лехирашем ла-университета |
| Translation | to enrol at the university |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to sign oneself up": Israeli universities have no entrance exams — the school grades are counted and a fee is taken
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 להירשם לאוניברסיטה.ани роце лехирашем ла-университета.I want to enrol at the university.
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 enrol at the university” in Hebrew?
«להירשם לאוניברסיטה», read “лехирашем ла-университета”. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה להירשם לאוניברסיטה.” — I want to enrol at the university. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ה, י, ר, ש, ל, א, ו, נ, י, ב, ר…
How is “להירשם לאוניברסיטה” written in Latin letters?
лехирашем ла-университета. 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 sign oneself up": Israeli universities have no entrance exams — the school grades are counted and a fee is taken. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.