שולחן לימודים
“שולחן לימודים” (шульхан лимудим) — school desk in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The shulchan is taken by the dinner table; the desk in the classroom is the table of studies. Under it the backpack, on it the textbooks. In a live sentence: “הספרים שלי על שולחן הלימודים.” — My books are on the desk. Written with the characters ש, ו, ל, ח, ל, י, מ, ו, ד, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שולחן לימודים |
| Read in Latin letters | шульхан лимудим |
| Translation | school desk |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The shulchan is taken by the dinner table; the desk in the classroom is the table of studies. Under it the backpack, on it the textbooks
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.
- הספרים שלי על שולחן הלימודים.ха-сфарим шели аль шульхан ха-лимудим.My books are on the desk.
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 “school desk” in Hebrew?
«שולחן לימודים», read “шульхан лимудим”. In a live sentence: “הספרים שלי על שולחן הלימודים.” — My books are on the desk. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ש, ו, ל, ח, ל, י, מ, ו, ד, י.
How is “שולחן לימודים” written in Latin letters?
шульхан лимудим. 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 shulchan is taken by the dinner table; the desk in the classroom is the table of studies. Under it the backpack, on it the textbooks. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.