מיתר
“מיתר” (митар) — a string in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. There are six on the guitar, and a broken one is replaced. From the same root mitrim — the string instruments, like the strings of an orchestra. In a live sentence: “אני קונה מיתר חדש לגיטרה.” — I am buying a new string for the guitar. Written with the characters מ, י, ת, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מיתר |
| Read in Latin letters | митар |
| Translation | a string |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
There are six on the guitar, and a broken one is replaced. From the same root mitrim — the string instruments, like the strings of an orchestra
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 קונה מיתר חדש לגיטרה.ани конэ митар хадаш ла-гитара.I am buying a new string for the guitar.
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 “a string” in Hebrew?
«מיתר», read “митар”. In a live sentence: “אני קונה מיתר חדש לגיטרה.” — I am buying a new string for the guitar. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, י, ת, ר.
How is “מיתר” written in Latin letters?
митар. 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?
There are six on the guitar, and a broken one is replaced. From the same root mitrim — the string instruments, like the strings of an orchestra. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.