שעון מעורר בטלפון
“שעון מעורר בטלפון” (шаон меорэр ба-телефон) — phone alarm in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The shaon is taken by the clock; the alarm is the clock that wakes — shaon meorer. The one that rings in the pocket — batelefon. In a live sentence: “השעון מעורר בטלפון שלי עובד.” — The alarm on my phone works. Written with the characters ש, ע, ו, מ, ע, ו, ר, ר, ב, ט, ל, פ… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שעון מעורר בטלפון |
| Read in Latin letters | шаон меорэр ба-телефон |
| Translation | phone alarm |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The shaon is taken by the clock; the alarm is the clock that wakes — shaon meorer. The one that rings in the pocket — batelefon
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.
- השעון מעורר בטלפון שלי עובד.ха-шаон меорэр ба-телефон шели овэд.The alarm on my phone works.
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 “phone alarm” in Hebrew?
«שעון מעורר בטלפון», read “шаон меорэр ба-телефон”. In a live sentence: “השעון מעורר בטלפון שלי עובד.” — The alarm on my phone works. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ש, ע, ו, מ, ע, ו, ר, ר, ב, ט, ל, פ…
How is “שעון מעורר בטלפון” written in Latin letters?
шаон меорэр ба-телефон. 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 shaon is taken by the clock; the alarm is the clock that wakes — shaon meorer. The one that rings in the pocket — batelefon. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.