Transport in Hebrew
14 words in Hebrew on the topic “transport”: אוטובוס — bus, רכבת — train, תחנת רכבת — railway station, מונית — taxi.
14 words on the topic
- אוטובוסотобусbusAn international word; on board you pay with a card, cash is not taken
- רכבתракеветtrainFrom the root r-k-b, to ride. One root covers the train, the driver and transport — everything that rides
- תחנת רכבתтаханат ракеветrailway stationTachana is a station and a stop at once: tachana merkazit, the central one, is the main bus terminal
- מוניתмонитtaxiThe official word; in the street taxi works too. Cabs are caught with an app, not by waving
- תחנהтаханаstopYou have heard tachana a hundred times: tachanat otobus, tachanat rakevet, tachanat delek; a bare tachana is both a station and a stop
- נוסעносэаpassengerFrom linsoa — to ride — a verb you know: a passenger is the one who rides. The feminine is nosaat
- מושבмошавseatFrom lashevet — to sit: a seat in the bus and in the car is a moshav. Careful: so they also call a rural village
- מעקהмаакаhandrailThe railing on the stairs and the handrail in the bus are one word, the maaka. The first a is not read
- פקחпакеахticket inspectorAn inspector: he checks the tickets in the bus and keeps the order. Without a ticket you will not hide from him
- דמי נסיעהдмей несиаfareDmei is the payment for something, as in dmei mishloach, the delivery cost; the fare for the ride is dmei nesia
- עמוסамусcrowdedYou have met amus as busy; about a bus and a tram they say crowded: there is not one free seat in it
- מקום פנויмаком пануиa free seatYou know cheder panui, a vacant room — the same pattern: panui — free, makom — a place
- מכונת כרטיסיםмехонат картисимticket machineYou know the mechona, the machine — as in the washing machine: a machine that sells tickets
- איחורихурdelayYou have said slicha al haichur — sorry for being late; the ichur is both a person being late and a bus being delayed. A plane has its own word — the ichuv
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.
- האוטובוס כאן.ха-отобус кан.The bus is here.
- הרכבת כאן.ха-ракевет кан.The train is here.
- תחנת רכבת, בבקשה.таханат ракевет, бевакаша.The railway station, please.
- מונית, בבקשה.монит, бевакаша.Taxi, please.
- אני מחכה לך בתחנה.ани мехака леха ба-тахана.I am waiting for you at the stop.
- הנוסעים יורדים בתחנה הבאה.ха-носеим йордим ба-тахана ха-баа.The passengers get off at the next stop.
What is worth knowing about these words
אוטובוס (отобус) — bus. An international word; on board you pay with a card, cash is not taken.
רכבת (ракевет) — train. From the root r-k-b, to ride. One root covers the train, the driver and transport — everything that rides.
תחנת רכבת (таханат ракевет) — railway station. Tachana is a station and a stop at once: tachana merkazit, the central one, is the main bus terminal.
מונית (монит) — taxi. The official word; in the street taxi works too. Cabs are caught with an app, not by waving.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus” in Hebrew?
An international word; on board you pay with a card, cash is not taken
- How do you say “passenger” in Hebrew?
From linsoa — to ride — a verb you know: a passenger is the one who rides. The feminine is nosaat
- How do you say “crowded” in Hebrew?
You have met amus as busy; about a bus and a tram they say crowded: there is not one free seat in it
- How do you say “train” in Hebrew?
From the root r-k-b, to ride. One root covers the train, the driver and transport — everything that rides
- How do you say “seat” in Hebrew?
From lashevet — to sit: a seat in the bus and in the car is a moshav. Careful: so they also call a rural village
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
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 “bus” in Hebrew?
«אוטובוס», read “отобус”. An international word; on board you pay with a card, cash is not taken. It is one of 14 words in the set “transport” — the rest are in the table above.
How many transport words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 14 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.