לקרוא מרחוק
“לקרוא מרחוק” (ликро ми-мерхок) — to call out in Hebrew. Verb, level A1. To call out from afar: the same likro as to call, only across the street. Merachok — from afar, as seen from a mountain. In a live sentence: “קראתי לו מרחוק, אבל הוא לא שמע.” — I called out to him from afar, but he did not hear. Written with the characters ל, ק, ר, ו, א, מ, ר, ח, ו, ק. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לקרוא מרחוק |
| Read in Latin letters | ликро ми-мерхок |
| Translation | to call out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
To call out from afar: the same likro as to call, only across the street. Merachok — from afar, as seen from a mountain
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.
- קראתי לו מרחוק, אבל הוא לא שמע.карати ло ми-мерхок, аваль ху ло шама.I called out to him from afar, but he did not hear.
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 call out” in Hebrew?
«לקרוא מרחוק», read “ликро ми-мерхок”. In a live sentence: “קראתי לו מרחוק, אבל הוא לא שמע.” — I called out to him from afar, but he did not hear. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ל, ק, ר, ו, א, מ, ר, ח, ו, ק.
How is “לקרוא מרחוק” written in Latin letters?
ликро ми-мерхок. 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 call out from afar: the same likro as to call, only across the street. Merachok — from afar, as seen from a mountain. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.