מקום במעבר
“מקום במעבר” (маком бе-маавар) — aisle seat in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. You know makom leyad hachalon, the window seat; the aisle seat is bamavar: getting up is easier. You have seen the maavar in the pedestrian crossing. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה מקום במעבר, בבקשה.” — I would like an aisle seat, please. Written with the characters מ, ק, ו, ב, מ, ע, ב, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מקום במעבר |
| Read in Latin letters | маком бе-маавар |
| Translation | aisle seat |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know makom leyad hachalon, the window seat; the aisle seat is bamavar: getting up is easier. You have seen the maavar in the pedestrian crossing
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.
- אני רוצה מקום במעבר, בבקשה.ани роце маком бе-маавар, бевакаша.I would like an aisle seat, please.
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 “aisle seat” in Hebrew?
«מקום במעבר», read “маком бе-маавар”. In a live sentence: “אני רוצה מקום במעבר, בבקשה.” — I would like an aisle seat, please. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, ק, ו, ב, מ, ע, ב, ר.
How is “מקום במעבר” written in Latin letters?
маком бе-маавар. 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?
You know makom leyad hachalon, the window seat; the aisle seat is bamavar: getting up is easier. You have seen the maavar in the pedestrian crossing. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.