מול
“מול” (муль) — opposite in Hebrew. Preposition, level A2. It stands right before the noun, like the English opposite: mul habank. With me — mulai: the preposition captures the face — about that there is a note in the lesson. In a live sentence: “התחנה מול הבנק.” — The stop is opposite the bank. Written with the characters מ, ו, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מול |
| Read in Latin letters | муль |
| Translation | opposite |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
It stands right before the noun, like the English opposite: mul habank. With me — mulai: the preposition captures the face — about that there is a note in the lesson
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.
- התחנה מול הבנק.ха-тахана муль ха-банк.The stop is opposite the bank.
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 “opposite” in Hebrew?
«מול», read “муль”. In a live sentence: “התחנה מול הבנק.” — The stop is opposite the bank. Preposition, level A2; written with the characters מ, ו, ל.
How is “מול” written in Latin letters?
муль. 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?
It stands right before the noun, like the English opposite: mul habank. With me — mulai: the preposition captures the face — about that there is a note in the lesson. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.