רואה חשבון
“רואה חשבון” (роэ хешбон) — an accountant in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Literally the seer of the account: roe — sees — and cheshbon — the account. A woman is roat cheshbon — and colloquially simply roe. In a live sentence: “רואה החשבון עובד כל יום עם כסף.” — The accountant works with money every day. Written with the characters ר, ו, א, ה, ח, ש, ב, ו. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | רואה חשבון |
| Read in Latin letters | роэ хешбон |
| Translation | an accountant |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally the seer of the account: roe — sees — and cheshbon — the account. A woman is roat cheshbon — and colloquially simply roe
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.
- רואה החשבון עובד כל יום עם כסף.роэ ха-хешбон овэд коль йом им кесеф.The accountant works with money every day.
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 “an accountant” in Hebrew?
«רואה חשבון», read “роэ хешбон”. In a live sentence: “רואה החשבון עובד כל יום עם כסף.” — The accountant works with money every day. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ר, ו, א, ה, ח, ש, ב, ו.
How is “רואה חשבון” written in Latin letters?
роэ хешбон. 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?
Literally the seer of the account: roe — sees — and cheshbon — the account. A woman is roat cheshbon — and colloquially simply roe. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.