מלמטה
“מלמטה” (ми-лемата) — from below in Hebrew. Adverb, level A2. From below — from the bottom: you hear noise mi-lemata — from below, from the neighbours. From mata — the bottom. In a live sentence: “אני שומע רעש מלמטה.” — I hear noise from below. Written with the characters מ, ל, מ, ט, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מלמטה |
| Read in Latin letters | ми-лемата |
| Translation | from below |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
From below — from the bottom: you hear noise mi-lemata — from below, from the neighbours. From mata — the bottom
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.
- אני שומע רעש מלמטה.ани шомеа рааш ми-лемата.I hear noise from below.
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 “from below” in Hebrew?
«מלמטה», read “ми-лемата”. In a live sentence: “אני שומע רעש מלמטה.” — I hear noise from below. Adverb, level A2; written with the characters מ, ל, מ, ט, ה.
How is “מלמטה” written in Latin letters?
ми-лемата. 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?
From below — from the bottom: you hear noise mi-lemata — from below, from the neighbours. From mata — the bottom. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.