מקום ליד החלון
“מקום ליד החלון” (маком леяд ха-халон) — window seat in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Literally "a place beside the window". Leyad — beside: the preposition will serve at the counter and in the queue too. In a live sentence: “יש מקום ליד החלון?” — Is there a window seat? Written with the characters מ, ק, ו, ל, י, ד, ה, ח, ל, ו. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מקום ליד החלון |
| Read in Latin letters | маком леяд ха-халон |
| Translation | window seat |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "a place beside the window". Leyad — beside: the preposition will serve at the counter and in the queue too
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.
- יש מקום ליד החלון?йеш маком леяд ха-халон?Is there a window seat?
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 “window seat” in Hebrew?
«מקום ליד החלון», read “маком леяд ха-халон”. In a live sentence: “יש מקום ליד החלון?” — Is there a window seat? Noun, level A2; written with the characters מ, ק, ו, ל, י, ד, ה, ח, ל, ו.
How is “מקום ליד החלון” written in Latin letters?
маком леяд ха-халон. 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 "a place beside the window". Leyad — beside: the preposition will serve at the counter and in the queue too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.