לגרור באצבע על המסך
“לגרור באצבע על המסך” (лиргор бэцба аль ха-масах) — to swipe the screen in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. Literally "to drag a finger over the screen"; the etzba — the finger — and the masach — the screen — you know both. This is how photos are leafed through and icons are moved. In a live sentence: “אתה יכול לגרור באצבע על המסך?” — Can you swipe the screen? Written with the characters ל, ג, ר, ו, ר, ב, א, צ, ב, ע, ע, ל…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לגרור באצבע על המסך |
| Read in Latin letters | лиргор бэцба аль ха-масах |
| Translation | to swipe the screen |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to drag a finger over the screen"; the etzba — the finger — and the masach — the screen — you know both. This is how photos are leafed through and icons are moved
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.
- אתה יכול לגרור באצבע על המסך?ата яхоль лиргор бэцба аль ха-масах?Can you swipe the screen?
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 swipe the screen” in Hebrew?
«לגרור באצבע על המסך», read “лиргор бэцба аль ха-масах”. In a live sentence: “אתה יכול לגרור באצבע על המסך?” — Can you swipe the screen? Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ג, ר, ו, ר, ב, א, צ, ב, ע, ע, ל…
How is “לגרור באצבע על המסך” written in Latin letters?
лиргор бэцба аль ха-масах. 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 drag a finger over the screen"; the etzba — the finger — and the masach — the screen — you know both. This is how photos are leafed through and icons are moved. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.