לגמור עד הסוף
“לגמור עד הסוף” (лигмор ад ха-соф) — to finish properly in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Hebrew does not speak about the mind: to finish properly is simply to finish to the end. You know sof — the end — and ad sof harechov — to the end of the street. In a live sentence: “גמרנו את הפרויקט עד הסוף.” — We finished the project to the end. Written with the characters ל, ג, מ, ו, ר, ע, ד, ה, ס, ו.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לגמור עד הסוף |
| Read in Latin letters | лигмор ад ха-соф |
| Translation | to finish properly |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Hebrew does not speak about the mind: to finish properly is simply to finish to the end. You know sof — the end — and ad sof harechov — to the end of the street
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.
- גמרנו את הפרויקט עד הסוף.гмарну эт ха-проект ад ха-соф.We finished the project to the end.
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 finish properly” in Hebrew?
«לגמור עד הסוף», read “лигмор ад ха-соф”. In a live sentence: “גמרנו את הפרויקט עד הסוף.” — We finished the project to the end. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ג, מ, ו, ר, ע, ד, ה, ס, ו.
How is “לגמור עד הסוף” written in Latin letters?
лигмор ад ха-соф. 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 speak about the mind: to finish properly is simply to finish to the end. You know sof — the end — and ad sof harechov — to the end of the street. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.