מי שופכין
“מי שופכין” (мей шофхин) — waste water in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. The official term, usually in the plural. The treatment plant is tihur shofchim — the purification of waste water. In a live sentence: “מי השופכין זרמו לנחל.” — Waste water flowed into the stream. Written with the characters מ, י, ש, ו, פ, כ, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מי שופכין |
| Read in Latin letters | мей шофхин |
| Translation | waste water |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The official term, usually in the plural. The treatment plant is tihur shofchim — the purification of waste water
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.
- מי השופכין זרמו לנחל.мей ха-шофхин зарму ле-нахаль.Waste water flowed into the stream.
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 “waste water” in Hebrew?
«מי שופכין», read “мей шофхин”. In a live sentence: “מי השופכין זרמו לנחל.” — Waste water flowed into the stream. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters מ, י, ש, ו, פ, כ, י.
How is “מי שופכין” written in Latin letters?
мей шофхин. 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 official term, usually in the plural. The treatment plant is tihur shofchim — the purification of waste water. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.