סליחה על האיחור
“סליחה על האיחור” (слиха аль ха-ихур) — sorry for being late in Hebrew. Phrase, level A2. The ichur — being late — is of the same root as meaer, the latecomer you know. To one person it is the same words, only in a softer tone. In a live sentence: “סליחה על האיחור, האוטובוס מאחר.” — Sorry for being late, the bus is delayed. Written with the characters ס, ל, י, ח, ה, ע, ל, ה, א, י, ח, ו…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | סליחה על האיחור |
| Read in Latin letters | слиха аль ха-ихур |
| Translation | sorry for being late |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The ichur — being late — is of the same root as meaer, the latecomer you know. To one person it is the same words, only in a softer tone
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.
- סליחה על האיחור, האוטובוס מאחר.слиха аль ха-ихур, ха-отобус маахер.Sorry for being late, the bus is delayed.
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 “sorry for being late” in Hebrew?
«סליחה על האיחור», read “слиха аль ха-ихур”. In a live sentence: “סליחה על האיחור, האוטובוס מאחר.” — Sorry for being late, the bus is delayed. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ס, ל, י, ח, ה, ע, ל, ה, א, י, ח, ו…
How is “סליחה על האיחור” written in Latin letters?
слиха аль ха-ихур. 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 ichur — being late — is of the same root as meaer, the latecomer you know. To one person it is the same words, only in a softer tone. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.