שורש כף היד
“שורש כף היד” (шорэш каф ха-яд) — a wrist in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Literally the root of the palm of the hand — the place where the arm is fastened. Do not confuse with shoresh from grammar: there the root of the word, here the root of the arm. In a live sentence: “שורש כף היד שלי כואב מהמחשב.” — My wrist hurts from the computer. Written with the characters ש, ו, ר, ש, כ, ה, י, ד.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שורש כף היד |
| Read in Latin letters | шорэш каф ха-яд |
| Translation | a wrist |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally the root of the palm of the hand — the place where the arm is fastened. Do not confuse with shoresh from grammar: there the root of the word, here the root of the arm
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.
- שורש כף היד שלי כואב מהמחשב.шорэш каф ха-яд шели коэв ме-ха-махшев.My wrist hurts from the computer.
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 wrist” in Hebrew?
«שורש כף היד», read “шорэш каф ха-яд”. In a live sentence: “שורש כף היד שלי כואב מהמחשב.” — My wrist hurts from the computer. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ש, ו, ר, ש, כ, ה, י, ד.
How is “שורש כף היד” written in Latin letters?
шорэш каф ха-яд. 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 root of the palm of the hand — the place where the arm is fastened. Do not confuse with shoresh from grammar: there the root of the word, here the root of the arm. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.