מברשת שיניים
“מברשת שיניים” (миврэшэт шинаим) — a toothbrush in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. The mivreshet — the brush: for hair, for shoes and for teeth — one word with different objects. It should be changed every three months. In a live sentence: “מברשת שיניים חדשה כל שלושה חודשים.” — A new toothbrush every three months. Written with the characters מ, ב, ר, ש, ת, ש, י, נ, י, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מברשת שיניים |
| Read in Latin letters | миврэшэт шинаим |
| Translation | a toothbrush |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The mivreshet — the brush: for hair, for shoes and for teeth — one word with different objects. It should be changed every three months
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.
- מברשת שיניים חדשה כל שלושה חודשים.миврэшэт шинаим хадаша коль шлоша ходашим.A new toothbrush every three months.
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 toothbrush” in Hebrew?
«מברשת שיניים», read “миврэшэт шинаим”. In a live sentence: “מברשת שיניים חדשה כל שלושה חודשים.” — A new toothbrush every three months. Noun, level A2; written with the characters מ, ב, ר, ש, ת, ש, י, נ, י, י.
How is “מברשת שיניים” written in Latin letters?
миврэшэт шинаим. 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 mivreshet — the brush: for hair, for shoes and for teeth — one word with different objects. It should be changed every three months. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.