תלמיד בית ספר
“תלמיד בית ספר” (талмид бейт сефер) — schoolboy in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The talmid is taken by the pupil in general; a pupil of a school is talmid beit sefer, literally the learner of the school. You know both words. In a live sentence: “התלמיד בית ספר הולך לכיתה.” — The schoolboy is going to class. Written with the characters ת, ל, מ, י, ד, ב, י, ת, ס, פ, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | תלמיד בית ספר |
| Read in Latin letters | талмид бейт сефер |
| Translation | schoolboy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The talmid is taken by the pupil in general; a pupil of a school is talmid beit sefer, literally the learner of the school. You know both words
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.
- התלמיד בית ספר הולך לכיתה.ха-талмид бейт сефер холех ла-кита.The schoolboy is going to class.
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 “schoolboy” in Hebrew?
«תלמיד בית ספר», read “талмид бейт сефер”. In a live sentence: “התלמיד בית ספר הולך לכיתה.” — The schoolboy is going to class. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ת, ל, מ, י, ד, ב, י, ת, ס, פ, ר.
How is “תלמיד בית ספר” written in Latin letters?
талмид бейт сефер. 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 talmid is taken by the pupil in general; a pupil of a school is talmid beit sefer, literally the learner of the school. You know both words. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.