מסך מחשב
“מסך מחשב” (масах махшев) — monitor in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The masach is taken by the screen — in general, and of the TV too; the computer screen is the masach of the computer. The big screen one works behind. In a live sentence: “המסך של המחשב שלי ישן.” — My monitor is old. Written with the characters מ, ס, מ, ח, ש, ב. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מסך מחשב |
| Read in Latin letters | масах махшев |
| Translation | monitor |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The masach is taken by the screen — in general, and of the TV too; the computer screen is the masach of the computer. The big screen one works behind
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.
- המסך של המחשב שלי ישן.ха-масах шель ха-махшев шели йашан.My monitor is old.
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 “monitor” in Hebrew?
«מסך מחשב», read “масах махшев”. In a live sentence: “המסך של המחשב שלי ישן.” — My monitor is old. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, ס, מ, ח, ש, ב.
How is “מסך מחשב” written in Latin letters?
масах махшев. 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?
The masach is taken by the screen — in general, and of the TV too; the computer screen is the masach of the computer. The big screen one works behind. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.