Home and things in Hebrew
197 words in Hebrew on the topic “home and things”: בית — house, דירה — apartment, מגורים — housing, חדר — room.
197 words on the topic
- ביתбаитhouseBoth a home and a building. From it beit kafe and Beit Lechem: the house of a thing is its establishment
- דירהдираapartmentFeminine. In rental ads look for dira lehaskara — an apartment to let
- מגוריםмегуримhousingThe word is always plural, like the English lodgings: in a form they write makom megurim — the place of residence
- חדרхедерroomA room in the house and in the school — one word. The bedroom is cheder shina, literally "the room of sleep"
- מטבחмитбахkitchenFrom the root b-sh-l, to cook — the same as bashel, ripe. On the kitchen door look for the letters m-t-b-ch
- אמבטיהамбатьяbathroomIsraelis say simply ambatya — both the bathtub and the bathroom. The hot water is found under the red letter ch
- מרפסתмирпесэтbalconyFeminine: mirpeset gdola. Laundry dries there and the morning coffee is drunk — a balcony in Israel is not a luxury but an extension of the apartment
- קומהкомаfloor (storey)The count is not the English one: your second floor is koma rishona, the first. The elevator names the floors its own way — watch the panel
- מעליתмаалитelevatorFrom the root a-l-h, to ascend — the same as aliyah, the ascent to Israel. In the old houses of Tel Aviv there is often no elevator: ein maalit
- מדרגותмадреготstairsPlural only — there are many steps. One step is madrega
- שולחןшульханtableMasculine: shulchan gadol. From it also shulchan aruch — the festive table, literally "set"
- כיסאкисэchairThe same word kise means the chair and the throne — only the vowel tells them apart, and without nikud the context helps
- מיטהмитаbedFeminine. A double one is mita zvugit, from zug, a pair, which you will meet in the numbers lesson
- ארוןаронwardrobeAron — a wardrobe; a bookcase is aron sfarim, literally "the wardrobe of books". The same root as the name Aaron
- חלוןхалонwindowMasculine. From it also chalon rishon — a shop window, literally "the first window"
- דלתделэтdoorFeminine: delet gdola. Name plates hang on the door — read them right to left, like all Hebrew
- מפתחмафтеахkeyFrom the root p-t-ch, to open — the same as patuach. One key ring holds mafteach, the key, and pticha, the opening
- מנורהменораlampThe same word as the menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum; at home a menora is simply a lamp, of any kind
- מים חמיםмаим хамимhot waterMayim is always plural, so chamim is too. The red tap or the letter ch — hot, the blue one — cold
- חשמלхашмальelectricityThe bills write cheshbon chashmal — the electricity bill — and it comes once in two months
- אשפהашпаtrashAshpa is both the trash and the trash bin: the context separates them. Taking the trash out is hotze et haashpa, literally "leading the trash out"
- ניקיוןникионcleaningFrom the root n-k-h, to clean. Yom hanikayon is the cleaning day; in Israel it is often Friday, before Shabbat
- כביסהквисаlaundryFrom the root k-p-s, to wash. The washing machine is mechonat kvisa, literally "the machine of washing"
- כליםкалимdishesLiterally "vessels", always plural: hakalim meluchlachim — the dishes are clean. The same-root lechalel means to serve
- מגבתмагавэтtowelFrom the root m-g-v, to wipe. The bath towel and the kitchen one are not distinguished — magavat and that is that
- סבוןсабонsoapFrom the Arabic sabun; a soap dish is sabonya — plain and logical
- שכןшахенneighborShachen — a neighbor, shchena — a neighbor (f). The root sh-ch-n is the same as in michan, a dwelling: live next door and you are kin
- בעל הביתбааль ха-баитlandlordLiterally "the owner of the house". The baal habait may be strict or golden-hearted — but fixing the tap is his duty
- שכירותшихирутrentFrom the root sh-ch-r, to hire. The rent is schirut, and the payment for it is dmei schirut — the money of rent
- חוזהхозэcontractFrom the root ch-z-h, to foresee: a contract is about what will be. Read it to the signature — you will meet the chatima in the papers lesson
- פיקדוןпикадонdepositFrom the root p-k-d, to entrust. A pikadon is the deposit for an apartment — and for a glass bottle at the shop too: you pay and get it back
- ארנונהарнонаmunicipal taxThe arnona is the municipal payment for the apartment, and it is the tenant who pays it. Water bills come too, but the arnona is remembered best
- תיקוןтиконrepairFrom the root t-k-n, to fix. A tikon is any repair, from a tap to shoes. The one who fixes is metaken
- רועשроэшnoisyRoesh — noisy, raav — noise: one root r-a-sh. After ten in the evening making noise is not accepted in Israel — the neighbors remember
- לא עובדло оведnot workingAbout machines and about people alike: hamaalit lo ovedet — the elevator does not work. About a woman — lo ovedet
- נשברнишбарbrokeThe past of lishvor, to break. It broke by itself — nishbar; somebody broke it — shavar: Hebrew tells them apart
- מטפטףметаптэфdrippingLiterally "drip-dripping": mayim metaptefim — the water drips. Doubled letters in Hebrew often sound like drops — tef-tef
- תקראו לבעל מקצועтикру ла-бааль микцоуcall a repairmanBaal miktzoa is literally "the owner of a profession": so they call both the plumber and the electrician. One call — and he is on the way
- מתי תבואו?митай тавоу?when will you come?Matai — when, tavou — you will come: the future of lavo. To one person they say matai tavo, to a woman — matai tavoi
- אני לא יכול לפתוחани ло яхоль лифтохI cannot open itYachol — can, from the root y-ch-l. A woman says ani lo yechola. The reason is your own: the key, the strength or the permission
- לחמםлехамемto heatThe root ch-m-m — the same as cham, hot: to heat, to warm up. Reheating food is lechamem, and the microwave is the main tool
- גינהгинаgardenThe garden by the house, the front garden; the big park is a gan, the kindergarten is gan yeladim. Feminine: gina yafa
- כירייםкириимstovePlural only: the kirim is the stove and its burners together. Beside it stands the sir, the pot — and together they are the kitchen
- מקררмекарэрfridgeFrom lekarer — to cool — the same root as kar, cold. The freezer compartment is the mekarer — and you hear at once that it is part of it
- שקעшекаsocketThe same word means a hollow and a recess: the socket is exactly the recess in the wall. The plug is the steker — a word from German by way of Yiddish
- כבלкэвельcableAn international word. The plural is kbalim: cables multiply by themselves in an Israeli apartment — everybody knows that
- קרטוןкартонboxAn international word. Parcels arrive in a carton — and the same word is about cardboard as a material
- גגгагroofShort, like the knock on it. Flat roofs are the Israeli classic: in summer the laundry dries there — and it is the second floor of life
- קירкирwallBy ear do not mix it up with the kirim — the stove: one letter, different rooms. An inner wall is kir pnimi, an outer one — kir chitzoni
- חדר שינהхедер шенаbedroomLiterally "the room of sleep": shena — sleep — from lishon — to sleep — which you know. The living room is the salon — a familiar word
- חצרхацерyardFeminine. The same word in old texts means a palace: the yard of the house was once the whole world
- תקרהтикаceilingFeminine. From the same root as tikon — the repair: the ceiling is painted when the repair has reached the top
- שער החצרшаар ха-хацерyard gateLiterally "the gate of the yard": the shaar — a word about a passage with leaves — is both the airport gate and the yard gate. Here — the one to the yard
- גדרгадерfenceBy ear do not mix it up with gadol — big: neighbouring sounds, different things. A fence in Israel is often alive — of bushes
- מוסךмосахgarageA garage and a car service in one: the car is both fixed and kept in one place. By ear do not mix it up with the masach — the screen: a garage without a screen
- תיבת דוארтеват дуарmailboxLiterally "the box of the post": teva — a box and a crate in one. The red teva stands on the corner — and the letter travels far in it
- מרתףмартафbasementFrom lehamref — to cool: the basement as the fridge of the house. In Israeli houses it is a rare guest — the land is expensive
- לשטוף כליםлиштоф калимto wash the dishesBoth words are yours: lishtof — to wash, kalim — the dishes. Washing the car is also lishtof — the water decides everything
- לטאטאлетатеаto sweepThe broom is the matatea — and the verb is an obvious relative of it: the word swings, like the broom. The present resembles the broom on paper too
- לכבסлехабэсto wash (laundry)From kvisa — the laundry — you know. The present: mechabs — he washes, mechabset — she washes. The washing machine is mechonat kvisa
- לגהץлегахецto ironThe iron is the magachetz — about it further in the lesson: the verb and the iron are of one nest. The present: magachetz — he irons, magachetzet — she irons
- להכין ארוחת ערבлехахин арухат эрэвto cook dinnerBoth words are yours: lehachin — to prepare — from the kitchen lesson, aruchat erev — dinner. In a house these three words sound every day
- להוציא את הזבלлехоци эт ха-зэвельto take out the trashLiterally "to lead the trash out": the zevel — the bin trash — and the ashpa — the outdoor bin — you know. Family chores are shared honestly: the trash has its queue too
- שואב אבקшоав эвакvacuum cleanerLiterally "the sucker of dust": shoeav — sucks in, avak — dust. The English vacuum cleaner is assembled by the same scheme — and it is pleasant to recognize
- מברשתмиврэшэтa brushThe tooth one is mivreshet shinaim — the first mivreshet of everyone's life. For clothes there is its own, for hair its own: a boring word, but without it nowhere
- דליдлиa bucketShort and businesslike. A bucket of water is dli mayim — and in summer it always stands somewhere
- מגהץмегацironFrom the same root as legachetz — to iron — from the same lesson: the iron as the ironing thing. The ironing board stands nearby — the machbet — and they do not live without each other
- לעזורлеазорto helpOne helps le-: laazor leima. The present: ozer — he helps, ozeret — she helps. Efshar laazor? — the most frequent phrase of kindness
- סגור את הדלתсгор эт ха-делэтclose the doorLiterally "close the door": sgor — the command of lisgor — to close. Softer is tisgor et hadelet, bevakasha — the future softens, you know that
- פתח את החלוןптоах эт ха-халонopen the windowThe pair to close: ptoach — open, from liftoach. Listen: ptuach — open (adjective), ptoach — open (command): one letter decides
- תן ליтэн лиgive meLiterally "give me": ten — give — the command of latet — to give — which you saw in the napkin. Politely — ten li, bevakasha; to a group — tnu li
- שקט, בבקשהшэкэт, бевакашаquiet, pleaseLiterally "silence, please": sheket is both silence and quiet. The same is said in the library and in the car when everyone is tired
- לשכור דירהлишкор дираto rent an apartmentLiterally "to hire an apartment": you pay the schir dira every month. The same verb is about renting a car
- להשכיר דירהлеашкир дираto rent out an apartmentThe verb of the same root, but the direction is different: not to take but to give. The ads write dira lehaskara — the apartment is to let
- חוזה שכירותхозэ шихирутa rental contractThe choze — the contract — and the schirut — the rent — both words yours; together they are the paper where everything is written: the term, the money, the duties
- שכר דירהшхар дираthe rentThe schachar — the payment — here for the apartment; usually paid on the first of the month. Do not mix it up with mischaroret — the salary: one is paid to you, the other you pay
- תקופת שכירותткуфат шихирутthe rental termThe tkufa — a period: for a year, for two, or open-ended. In the contract it is the first line — read it before the money
- מתווךматавэахan estate agentA middleman between the owner and the tenant; takes a commission for the deal. A woman is a matavechet — and there are no fewer of them in Israel
- ביקור בדירהбикур ба-дираa viewingA bikur — a visit: you come to look at the apartment before the contract. Israelis also say lavo lirot — to come to see
- דירה מרוהטתдира мрухетэтa furnished apartmentFrom rchut — the furniture: the beds, the wardrobe and the sofa already stand there. The opposite is dira pnuya — empty, without furniture
- להיכנס לדירהлехиканес ла-дираto move inLiterally "to enter the apartment": the move-in date — taarich knisa — is written in the contract. The question efshar lehikanes? you have already asked
- לפנות דירהлефанот дираto move outLiterally "to vacate the apartment": we carry the things out and hand over the keys. The same verb clears a table of papers
- עוברים דירהоврим дираa moveLiterally "we are moving the apartment" — that is what is written on the boxes and told to friends. The word maavar is not needed here: the verb does the work
- לעבור דירהлаавор дираto move houseLaavor — to go through and to move: the same verb as passing an exam. Where you move to takes the preposition le-: laavor lechaifa — to move to Haifa
- סבלсабальa moverAn old word for a porter: carries the furniture and the boxes. Two sablim are taken for a couple of hours — and the move is already going
- לעטוףлеатофto packTo wrap and to mummy up: the dishes in paper, the things in film. Packing a suitcase is leareg — which you know; here things are hidden and closed
- לפרוקлефрокto unpackTo unload and to unpack: the boxes open, the things go onto the shelves. The same verb unloads the truck
- כתובת חדשהктовэт хадашаa new addressYou know ktovet — the address; at a move tell the new address to the bank, the post and the work
- הובלהховалаa removalFrom lehavi — to transport: the removal firm is chevrat hovala. The price depends on the floor, the lift and the number of boxes
- להסתדרлеистадэрto settle inTo get things arranged: the things in their places, the life going. The same word means to get on with a person: anachnu mistadrim — we get on
- להתרגל למקום החדשлеитругель ла-маком ха-хадашto get used to the new placeLehitragel — to get used, from hergel — a habit. The neighbours, the staircase, the shop — in a month everything will feel your own
- רהיטיםрэитимfurnitureAlways plural — the items of furniture: a table, a chair, a wardrobe. The furniture shop is chanut reaitim; a singular reit is hardly ever heard
- ספהсэфаa sofaOne sits on it in the evening and the guests sleep on it; the sofa is soft and wide. By ear do not mix it up with safa — the tongue: there an a, here an e
- כורסהкурсаan armchairAn armchair with armrests — the place of grandpa and the cat. A soft armchair is kursa rechucha — and the throne is the same word, only golden
- מדףмадафa shelfA board on the wall: books, dishes, souvenirs. The plural is madafot: shelves can be book ones and kitchen ones
- שטיחшатияхa carpetOn the floor, big or small; the Persian carpet is the pride of the house. The word is of one root with shatiach — a runner rug
- מַרְאָהмараa mirrorMind the vowel: mara is a mirror, and mare — the looks — is the word you know; without vowels they would be written the same. The hallway and the bathroom cannot do without it
- וילוןвилонa curtainA curtain on the window; in the morning the vilon is opened — and the sun comes into the room. The tulle is also a vilon — the material tells
- כריתкаритa pillowUnder the head on the bed and on the sofa — one carit. The airbag in the car is also a carit — one word
- שמיכהсмихаa blanketOne is covered with it in winter; in summer — a sheet. Lechasmich — to cover — and the smicha is what one is covered with: the root works as in English
- נברשתнаврешетa chandelierA chandelier under the ceiling; in an ordinary flat they more often say simply or — the light: switch on, switch off. The navreshet is for the real one, with pendants
- צבעцэваpaintOne word for the colour and the paint: tzeva lavan — white paint or white colour, only the context tells. A bucket of paint is dli tzeva
- לצבוע קירותлицбоа киротto paint the wallsLitzboa — to paint: walls, a fence and hair too. The same root as tzeva; in Israel walls are painted more often than wallpapered
- טפטיםтапэтимwallpaperPlural, as in English. In Israel walls are more often simply painted — wallpaper is a rarity, so the word is bookish
- אריחיםариахимtilesSquare tiles — in the bathroom and in the kitchen; the singular is ariach. They are laid in rows, like a mosaic
- מברגмаврэгa screwdriverIt turns the masmer — the screw: the same root of turning. In the toolbox — the clei avoda — which you know
- מקדחהмакдеаa drillFrom likdoach — to drill: holes in the wall for the shelves are its work. The noisy neighbour dislikes the drill on Saturday — and so do we
- צינורцинорa pipeThe pipe for water — behind the toilet and under the sink. It drips — metaptef — the word you know from the first call to a repairman
- הנורה נשרפהха-нора нишрефаthe bulb has burned outThe nora is the bulb, and lo nora — no big deal: do not mix them up by ear. The nishrefa — has burned out; the replacement is a minute and a chair
- חימוםхимумheatingFrom lechamem — to heat — which you know; in Israel the chimum is a heater for the couple of winter months. The air conditioner heats too
- לשפץлешапецto renovateNot a repair — you have letaken — but a redo of the whole: new tiles, paint, kitchen. A renovation is done once in years
- מונהмонаa meter (utility)It counts the water, the electricity and the gas; it stands in the basement or on the staircase. The taxi meter is also a mone
- קריאת מונהкриат монаmeter readingLiterally "the reading of the meter": once in two months you take down the digits and send them to the company — through the site or the app
- חשבון המיםхешбон ха-маимthe water billOn the pattern of cheshbon telefon, which you know; it comes once in two months. The water in Israel is expensive — save without guilt
- חשבון החשמלхешбон ха-хашмальthe electricity billYou know the chashmal — the electricity; in summer the air conditioner blows the bill up. It is paid online, from the bank app
- המים נחתכוха-маим нихтекуthe water is cut offLiterally "the water is cut": work in the street — and the tap keeps silent. The form is impersonal: the one who cut it is not named
- פח אשפהпах ашпаa garbage binBoth words yours: pach — the bin, ashpa — the trash. In Israel the sorting is strict: packaging, paper and leftovers go into different bins
- כניסהкнисаan entrance (stairwell)The entrance to the building is also the stairwell: in the address they write knisa alef or knisa bet. You remember knisa lamalon — the check-in at the hotel
- אינטרקוםинтеркомan intercomAn international word: press the button — and you talk to the apartment. Broken — lo oved — call a repairman; you know that formula
- רעש מהשכניםрааш ме-ха-шхенимnoise from the neighboursThe raash — the noise: a renovation, a dog, music till midnight. You know the roesh — noisy; it is polite to knock and ask for quiet — bevakasha
- תקנון הבנייןтканон ха-биньянthe house rulesLiterally "the statute of the building": silence after eleven, who cleans the staircase, where to dry the laundry. It hangs by the entrance, as everywhere
- תנורтанурan ovenThe tanur is both the oven and the stove in general: pizza is also baked in a tanur. The heater is a tanur chimum — you will see it in the technology unit
- מיקרוגלмикрогальa microwaveA borrowing: mikro plus gal — a wave. To reheat in the microwave is lechamem bemicrogal
- מגרדתмегаредетa graterFrom legared — to grate: the grater is a tool of the same root. The grated cheese is gvina megureget
- מצקתмацкетa ladleFrom limtzok — to pour: a ladle is what one pours with. Without it the soup cannot be got out of the deep pot
- מכסהмихсеa lidFrom lechassot — to cover: the lid is what covers. Under the lid the soup gets ready faster
- קרש חיתוךкереш хитухa cutting boardLiterally the board of cutting: chituch — the cutting — from the familiar lichtot — to cut
- סינרсинan apronThe sin — an apron — both domestic and school: the word is short, like the thing itself
- מפת שולחןмапат шульханa tableclothLiterally the cloth of the table — a smichut, about it there is a note in the shopping unit. A napkin is mapit — a diminutive of the same mapa
- בלנדרблендерa blenderA borrowing, written in Hebrew letters. The immersion blender is blender muval
- קופסהкуфсаa food containerA kufsa — a box and a container at once: a shoe one and a food one. A lunch box to take away is kufsa laarucha
- מסרקмасрекa combFrom lesarek — to comb: the comb is a tool of the same root. The hair brush is mivreshet sear — the familiar mivreshet
- תערтаарa razorThe taar is both the razor blade and the razor. An electric shaver is taar chashmali
- שמפוшампуshampooA borrowing, shorter than the English: champu. The conditioner is murkach sear — a hair softener
- מספרייםмиспарайимscissorsPlural only: two blades — one thing, as in English. The nail ones are misparei tzipporaim
- מחטмахатa needleA needle — machat: the same word is in the sewing machine and in the syringe. The eye of the needle is ain hamechat — literally the eye
- חוטхутa threadA thread — chut: the same word names the wire and the thread of the story. The colour of the thread is always specified: chut shachor — black
- לזרוק לפחлизрок ла-пахto throw awayThe same lizrok as you threw — plus the pach — the bin: you saw it in pach aspa. The trash is the aspa
- לאחסןлеахсанto storeFrom achzana — storage: to store is to put away for keeping. The pantry is machsan — the same root
- מכונת כביסהмехонат квисаa washing machineLiterally the machine of washing: mechona — a device-machine, kvisa — the laundry. The car is mechonit — the device is mechona
- מדיח כליםмедиах келимa dishwasherFrom lediach — to rinse: the dishwasher rinses the dishes. The kelim — the dishes — a familiar word
- מקפיאмакпиаa freezerFrom mekifa — freezing: the freezer is what freezes. The fridge and the freezer are two compartments and two different words
- מאווררмеаврэрa fanFrom ruach — the wind — familiar from the weather: a fan is literally a wind-maker. The word sounds like the noise of the motor
- תנור חימוםтанур химумa heaterThe same tanur as the oven from the cooking unit plus chimum — heating: a stove for warmth — in the room, not in the kitchen
- מייבש שיערмейавеш шеярa hairdryerLiterally the dryer of hair: meyashev — dries — and sear — the hair — both words familiar. Without the sear it is already a laundry dryer
- מאריךмеарихan extension cordFrom lehaarih — to lengthen: an extension cord is a lengthener. The plug is the eker; the socket — the sheka
- מתגматегa switchA meteg — a switch — in general: both the light and the toggle of a device. The familiar lehadlik and lechabot work in a pair with it
- בורגбургa screwA screw and a bolt — one burg. Beside it — the screwdriver and the wrench: about this root there is a note of the lesson
- מפתח ברגיםмафтех брагимa wrenchLiterally the key of the screws: mafteach — a key — here not of the door. There are many sizes — as many as screws
- צבתцвэтpliersThe tzvet — pliers; the same word is about tweezers: both pinch. Pulling a nail is their job
- סרט חשמלсерт хашмальinsulating tapeLiterally the electric tape: sert — a tape and a film at once. The insulating tape is it — only black or blue
- דבקдевекglueThe devek — glue; the same root as lehadbik — to glue — from this very lesson. A glue stick is devek stic
- סלוטייפслотайпsticky tapeA borrowing from the familiar sticky tape: everyone says it — written in Hebrew letters. To seal the box — liskgor et hacarton beslotayp
- חֶבֶלхевельa ropeWritten with vowels: without them chevel also reads as a pity — an interjection. The laundry rope is chevel lekvisa
- להדביקлехадвикto glue onFrom devek — glue: to glue on is to make with glue. Glued firmly — davuk chazak
- להבריגлеабригto screw inThe same root as burg: to screw in — to twist the screw to the end. The screwdriver for it is the screw-turner — about it in the lesson note
- לקחת מידותлакахат мидотto take measurementsLiterally to take the measures: midot — the sizes — the plural of the familiar mida. Measuring the wall and measuring a person is one expression
- לתקן בעצמיлетакэн бе-ацмиto fix with my own handsBeatzmi — myself, literally in myself: to tell about yourself you have already done. The metaken — fixes
- מקלחתмаклачатa showerFrom kal — light: a shower is a light rain from the tap. Hot — cham — and cold after the heat is the best of all
- שעון מעוררшеон меорэрan alarm clockLiterally waking hours: shaon — the clock, meorer from leorer — to wake. It is set on the phone more often than on the nightstand
- מדחוםмадхомa thermometerFrom limdid — to measure: a thermometer is literally a measurer of temperature. Under the tongue or under the arm — it is one for everything
- טוסטרтостерa toasterA borrowing, but it lives in every kitchen: toaster and toast came together. The toasted slice is a toast, literally
- מכונת תפירהмихонэт тфираa sewing machineLiterally a machine of sewing: muchona — a machine in general, tefira — sewing. Muchonat ktova — the typewriter — is built the same way
- יסודותйесодотthe foundationsMore often in the plural: yesodot habinyan — the foundations of the house. In the figurative sense — the basics: yesodot hamishpat
- עבודות גמרаводот гмерfinishing worksLiterally the works of completion: plaster, tiles, painting. Hebrew keeps no separate noun for it — only this expression
- להורידлехоридto lowerThe same lehorid as in download: lower the blind, bring the box down. Everything that goes top-down gets lowered
- להזיזлехазизto moveThe same lehaziz as in to shift: to move a thing from its place. Efshar lehaziz? — can you move over? — the phrase for a tight kitchen
- להפילлехафильto dropThe same lehafil as in to knock down: to let slip out of the hands. The pair to lipol, to fall: the thing falls by itself, a person drops it
- להריםлехаримto pick up (from the floor)You know leharim, to lift: the same word for what fell on the floor. Harem et zeh mahartzefa — pick it up from the floor
- לתלותлитлотto hangThe same litlot as in to hang up: a picture on the wall, a coat on the hook. On the board tisa tluya — the flight is delayed — the same root
- לקחת מהמדףлакахат ми-ха-мадафto take (off the shelf)Literally "to take from the shelf": taking a book off the shelf, an Israeli takes it. Madaf — the shelf — you know
- לקפלликфолto foldTo fold: a shirt, a letter, a blanket. Folded in two is likfol lishnaim
- לפרושлифрошto spread outTo spread, to lay out: a map on the table, a blanket on the grass. The reverse of likfol, to fold
- לפתוח את החבילהлифтоах эт ха-хавиляto unwrapThe same liftuach as in to open: to an Israeli, unwrapping a parcel is opening it. Chavila — the parcel from the post
- להכניסлехахнисto let inTo let in, to bring inside: a guest into the house, a cat in from the street. From knisa, the entrance; the same root as lehikanes
- להוציאлехоциto take outTo let out, to bring outside: the dog for a walk, the trash from the house — hotza et haashpa you have already done. The pair to letting in
- לפתוחлифтоахto openOne word for opening the door, unwrapping the gift and opening the account. You have already said it in liftuach cheshbon
- לסגורлисгорto closeThe pair to open: close the door, the window, the deal. Sagur — closed — is on the shop doors
- לנעולлинаольto lockTo lock: the door with a key, the car. Neila — the lock-up — is what a phone screen does too: it is locked with the same word
- לפתוח במפתחлифтоах бе-мафтеахto unlockTo unlock is to open with the key: the same liftuach plus bemafteach — with the key. The pair to locking
- להדליק אורлеадлик орto switch on the lightThe light is switched on like a lamp: lehadlik you know from the screen and the stove, or — the light. One phrase and the house is brighter
- לכבות אורлеабот орto switch off the lightThe pair to switching on: the light is switched off like the stove — lechabot. Before sleep — lechabot or
- ללחוץлилхоцto pressTo press: a button, a bell, the brake. Lachats is also pressure, as in blood pressure at the doctor
- לסובב ידיתлесовев йдитto turn the knobLiterally "to turn the handle": yadit, a handle, is from yad, the hand. The door handle, the stove knob — everything turns
- לדפוקлидфокto knockTo knock: on the door, on the table. Dfika — a knock; you hear it in the pulse too: the heart dofek
- לצלצלлецальцельto ring the bellTo ring the doorbell: tzltzul you know from the school bell. The sound is in the word itself
- סףсафthresholdThe bar under the door everyone trips over. Figuratively al saf — on the threshold of: al saf hachoref — on the threshold of winter
- ידיתядитdoor handleFrom yad, the hand: the handle is literally the hand of the door. The bag handle and the cupboard handle are yadit too — one word for all
- מנעולманульdoor lockThe metal lock of the door; the mafteach, the key you know, opens it. The verb laol, to lock, is of the same root
- פעמון דלתпаамон делетdoorbellYou know paamon, the bell; at the door it is small and electric. Literally "the bell of the door"
- אדן חלוןаден халонwindowsillLiterally "the sill of the window": the shelf under the window where the flower stands and the cat sleeps. Aden is any bar-sill
- וילוניתвилонитcurtainA diminutive of vilon, the curtain you know: a light curtain on the kitchen window or in the shower. The big one is vilon, the small one — vilonit
- מנורת לילהменорат лайлаnight-lightA faint light by the bed for the whole night — for the child who dislikes the dark. Literally "the lamp of night"; the menora, the lamp, you already have
- כיורкиорsinkA metal bowl with a tap — in the bathroom and in the kitchen. The word is ancient: it named the washstand long before blocks of flats
- מרחץмерхацbathtubYou already have the ambatya — the room; the merchatz is the tub itself with water and the bathing in it. Kin words, different things
- אסלהаслаtoiletThe white thing in the toilet — and the toilet itself: the word is everyday and without embarrassment, asla nkiya — a clean toilet
- זרנוקзарнокhoseA rubber pipe for watering: from the tap to the bed. The tzinor, the pipe, is taken by the plumbing in the wall; the garden one is the zarnok
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- אני בבית.ани ба-байт.I am at home.
- אני גר בדירה קטנה.ани гэр бе-дира ктана.I live in a small apartment.
- המגורים שלי בתל אביב.ха-мегурим шели ба-тель авив.My housing is in Tel Aviv.
- החדר גדול מאוד.ха-хедер гадоль меод.The room is very big.
- המטבח קטן אבל טוב.ха-митбах катан аваль тов.The kitchen is small but good.
- האמבטיה גדולה מאוד.ха-амбатья гдола меод.The bathroom is very big.
What is worth knowing about these words
בית (баит) — house. Both a home and a building. From it beit kafe and Beit Lechem: the house of a thing is its establishment.
דירה (дира) — apartment. Feminine. In rental ads look for dira lehaskara — an apartment to let.
מגורים (мегурим) — housing. The word is always plural, like the English lodgings: in a form they write makom megurim — the place of residence.
חדר (хедер) — room. A room in the house and in the school — one word. The bedroom is cheder shina, literally "the room of sleep".
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Hebrew?
Both a home and a building. From it beit kafe and Beit Lechem: the house of a thing is its establishment
- How do you say “floor (storey)” in Hebrew?
The count is not the English one: your second floor is koma rishona, the first. The elevator names the floors its own way — watch the panel
- How do you say “window” in Hebrew?
Masculine. From it also chalon rishon — a shop window, literally "the first window"
- How do you say “cleaning” in Hebrew?
From the root n-k-h, to clean. Yom hanikayon is the cleaning day; in Israel it is often Friday, before Shabbat
- How do you say “rent” in Hebrew?
From the root sh-ch-r, to hire. The rent is schirut, and the payment for it is dmei schirut — the money of rent
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Hebrew?
«בית», read “баит”. Both a home and a building. From it beit kafe and Beit Lechem: the house of a thing is its establishment. It is one of 197 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 197 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.