סרגל
“סרגל” (саргэль) — ruler in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The Hebrew word is masculine, though the English ruler sounds neutral: hasargel hechadash. Straight lines are drawn with it in the notebook and on the board. In a live sentence: “אני קונה סרגל חדש לבית ספר.” — I am buying a new ruler for school. Written with the characters ס, ר, ג, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | סרגל |
| Read in Latin letters | саргэль |
| Translation | ruler |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The Hebrew word is masculine, though the English ruler sounds neutral: hasargel hechadash. Straight lines are drawn with it in the notebook and on the board
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 סרגל חדש לבית ספר.ани конэ саргэль хадаш ле-бейт сефер.I am buying a new ruler for school.
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 “ruler” in Hebrew?
«סרגל», read “саргэль”. In a live sentence: “אני קונה סרגל חדש לבית ספר.” — I am buying a new ruler for school. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ס, ר, ג, ל.
How is “סרגל” written in Latin letters?
саргэль. 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 Hebrew word is masculine, though the English ruler sounds neutral: hasargel hechadash. Straight lines are drawn with it in the notebook and on the board. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.