לומר להתראות
“לומר להתראות” (ломер леитраот) — to say goodbye in Hebrew. Verb, level A2. Literally to say until we meet again: Hebrew counts the farewell as a promise. Lehitraot — that very goodbye from the first lessons — now lives inside the verb. In a live sentence: “האורחים אומרים להתראות בסוף הערב.” — The guests say goodbye at the end of the evening. Written with the characters ל, ו, מ, ר, ל, ה, ת, ר, א, ו, ת.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לומר להתראות |
| Read in Latin letters | ломер леитраот |
| Translation | to say goodbye |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally to say until we meet again: Hebrew counts the farewell as a promise. Lehitraot — that very goodbye from the first lessons — now lives inside the verb
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.
- האורחים אומרים להתראות בסוף הערב.ха-орхим омрим леитраот бе-соф ха-эрэв.The guests say goodbye at the end of the evening.
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 say goodbye” in Hebrew?
«לומר להתראות», read “ломер леитраот”. In a live sentence: “האורחים אומרים להתראות בסוף הערב.” — The guests say goodbye at the end of the evening. Verb, level A2; written with the characters ל, ו, מ, ר, ל, ה, ת, ר, א, ו, ת.
How is “לומר להתראות” written in Latin letters?
ломер леитраот. 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 say until we meet again: Hebrew counts the farewell as a promise. Lehitraot — that very goodbye from the first lessons — now lives inside the verb. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.