מטבע
“מטבע” (матбэа) — coin in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. By ear it is close to mitbach — the kitchen; on paper the letters differ. The plural is matbeot. The banknote is the shtar — about it further in the lesson. In a live sentence: “מטבע בארנק.” — A coin in the wallet. Written with the characters מ, ט, ב, ע. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מטבע |
| Read in Latin letters | матбэа |
| Translation | coin |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
By ear it is close to mitbach — the kitchen; on paper the letters differ. The plural is matbeot. The banknote is the shtar — about it further in the lesson
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.
- מטבע בארנק.матбэа ба-арнэк.A coin in the wallet.
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 “coin” in Hebrew?
«מטבע», read “матбэа”. In a live sentence: “מטבע בארנק.” — A coin in the wallet. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, ט, ב, ע.
How is “מטבע” written in Latin letters?
матбэа. 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?
By ear it is close to mitbach — the kitchen; on paper the letters differ. The plural is matbeot. The banknote is the shtar — about it further in the lesson. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.