מצלמה של הטלפון
“מצלמה של הטלפון” (мацлама шель ха-телефон) — phone camera in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The matzlama is taken by the camera — the separate one; the camera inside the phone is the camera of the phone. The shel replaces the possessive — the answer to whose. In a live sentence: “המצלמה של הטלפון שלי טובה.” — My phone camera is good. Written with the characters מ, צ, ל, מ, ה, ש, ל, ה, ט, ל, פ, ו.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מצלמה של הטלפון |
| Read in Latin letters | мацлама шель ха-телефон |
| Translation | phone camera |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The matzlama is taken by the camera — the separate one; the camera inside the phone is the camera of the phone. The shel replaces the possessive — the answer to whose
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.
- המצלמה של הטלפון שלי טובה.ха-мацлама шель ха-телефон шели това.My phone camera is good.
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 “phone camera” in Hebrew?
«מצלמה של הטלפון», read “мацлама шель ха-телефон”. In a live sentence: “המצלמה של הטלפון שלי טובה.” — My phone camera is good. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, צ, ל, מ, ה, ש, ל, ה, ט, ל, פ, ו.
How is “מצלמה של הטלפון” written in Latin letters?
мацлама шель ха-телефон. 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 matzlama is taken by the camera — the separate one; the camera inside the phone is the camera of the phone. The shel replaces the possessive — the answer to whose. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.