מחוספס
“מחוספס” (мехуспас) — rough in Hebrew. Adjective, level B1. Rough, like sandpaper or like hands after work in the garden. The opposite of chalak. In a live sentence: “המדרכה מחוספסת אחרי הגשם.” — The pavement is rough after the rain. Written with the characters מ, ח, ו, ס, פ, ס. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מחוספס |
| Read in Latin letters | мехуспас |
| Translation | rough |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Rough, like sandpaper or like hands after work in the garden. The opposite of chalak
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.
- המדרכה מחוספסת אחרי הגשם.ха-мидраха мехуспасет ахарей ха-гешем.The pavement is rough after the rain.
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 “rough” in Hebrew?
«מחוספס», read “мехуспас”. In a live sentence: “המדרכה מחוספסת אחרי הגשם.” — The pavement is rough after the rain. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters מ, ח, ו, ס, פ, ס.
How is “מחוספס” written in Latin letters?
мехуспас. 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?
Rough, like sandpaper or like hands after work in the garden. The opposite of chalak. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.