פאנל סולארי
“פאנל סולארי” (панель солари) — a solar panel in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Panel is our word, solari — from shemesh, the sun, through the Latin. On Israeli roofs there are crowds of them: there is enough sun. In a live sentence: “פאנלים סולאריים על הגג מייצרים חשמל.” — Solar panels on the roof produce electricity. Written with the characters פ, א, נ, ל, ס, ו, ל, א, ר, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | פאנל סולארי |
| Read in Latin letters | панель солари |
| Translation | a solar panel |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Panel is our word, solari — from shemesh, the sun, through the Latin. On Israeli roofs there are crowds of them: there is enough sun
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.
- פאנלים סולאריים על הגג מייצרים חשמל.панельим соларийим аль ха-гаг меяцарим хашмаль.Solar panels on the roof produce electricity.
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 solar panel” in Hebrew?
«פאנל סולארי», read “панель солари”. In a live sentence: “פאנלים סולאריים על הגג מייצרים חשמל.” — Solar panels on the roof produce electricity. Noun, level B1; written with the characters פ, א, נ, ל, ס, ו, ל, א, ר, י.
How is “פאנל סולארי” written in Latin letters?
панель солари. 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?
Panel is our word, solari — from shemesh, the sun, through the Latin. On Israeli roofs there are crowds of them: there is enough sun. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.