אולם המראות
“אולם המראות” (улам ха-мараот) — departures area in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The pair to the arrivals area: from lehamria — to take off. Literally "the hall of takeoffs": the planes fly away from there. In a live sentence: “אני מלווה אותו לאולם המראות.” — I am seeing him off to the departures area. Written with the characters א, ו, ל, ה, מ, ר, א, ו, ת. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | אולם המראות |
| Read in Latin letters | улам ха-мараот |
| Translation | departures area |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The pair to the arrivals area: from lehamria — to take off. Literally "the hall of takeoffs": the planes fly away from there
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.
- אני מלווה אותו לאולם המראות.ани мелаве ото ле-улам ха-мараот.I am seeing him off to the departures area.
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 “departures area” in Hebrew?
«אולם המראות», read “улам ха-мараот”. In a live sentence: “אני מלווה אותו לאולם המראות.” — I am seeing him off to the departures area. Noun, level A1; written with the characters א, ו, ל, ה, מ, ר, א, ו, ת.
How is “אולם המראות” written in Latin letters?
улам ха-мараот. 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 pair to the arrivals area: from lehamria — to take off. Literally "the hall of takeoffs": the planes fly away from there. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.