שלט רחוק
“שלט רחוק” (шалат рехок) — TV remote in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The shelet is taken by the remote in general; the full name of the TV remote is the far control. You know rachok — far. In a live sentence: “איפה השלט הרחוק של הטלוויזיה?” — Where is the TV remote? Written with the characters ש, ל, ט, ר, ח, ו, ק. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שלט רחוק |
| Read in Latin letters | шалат рехок |
| Translation | TV remote |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The shelet is taken by the remote in general; the full name of the TV remote is the far control. You know rachok — far
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.
- איפה השלט הרחוק של הטלוויזיה?эйфо ха-шалат ха-рехок шель ха-телефизия?Where is the TV remote?
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 “TV remote” in Hebrew?
«שלט רחוק», read “шалат рехок”. In a live sentence: “איפה השלט הרחוק של הטלוויזיה?” — Where is the TV remote? Noun, level A1; written with the characters ש, ל, ט, ר, ח, ו, ק.
How is “שלט רחוק” written in Latin letters?
шалат рехок. 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 shelet is taken by the remote in general; the full name of the TV remote is the far control. You know rachok — far. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.