למצוא עבודה ראשונה
“למצוא עבודה ראשונה” (лимцо авода ришона) — to find the first job in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Limtzo — to find: a job, keys, the way. The first job in Israel is often a temporary one — while you look for your own. In a live sentence: “הוא מצא עבודה ראשונה בחנות.” — He found his first job at a shop. Written with the characters ל, מ, צ, ו, א, ע, ב, ו, ד, ה, ר, א…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | למצוא עבודה ראשונה |
| Read in Latin letters | лимцо авода ришона |
| Translation | to find the first job |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Limtzo — to find: a job, keys, the way. The first job in Israel is often a temporary one — while you look for your own
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.
- הוא מצא עבודה ראשונה בחנות.ху маца авода ришона бе-ханут.He found his first job at a shop.
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 find the first job” in Hebrew?
«למצוא עבודה ראשונה», read “лимцо авода ришона”. In a live sentence: “הוא מצא עבודה ראשונה בחנות.” — He found his first job at a shop. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, מ, צ, ו, א, ע, ב, ו, ד, ה, ר, א…
How is “למצוא עבודה ראשונה” written in Latin letters?
лимцо авода ришона. 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?
Limtzo — to find: a job, keys, the way. The first job in Israel is often a temporary one — while you look for your own. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.