يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم.

Because Arabic very often uses verb–subject order, especially in simple statements.

So:

• يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم = literally begins the rescue today
• Natural English translation: The rescue begins today

You could also say:

• الإنقاذ يبدأ اليوم

That is also grammatical, but it sounds more like The rescue, it begins today, with extra focus on الإنقاذ.

يبدأ is the present/imperfect form of the verb بدأ, meaning to begin.

Here it means:

• he begins
• it begins

In this sentence, it means it begins, because the subject is الإنقاذ.

Arabic uses the same 3rd person masculine singular verb form for both he and it when the noun is grammatically masculine singular.

Here, الإنقاذ is a masculine singular noun, so the verb is:

• يبدأ = it begins

Arabic grammatical gender does not always match natural gender. Since الإنقاذ is a noun meaning the rescue, Arabic treats it as masculine singular.

الإنقاذ means the rescue or the rescue operation.

It is a noun, and more specifically it is a verbal noun (called a maṣdar) related to the idea of rescuing/saving.

It comes from the verb:

• أنقذ = to rescue / save

So الإنقاذ is the action or process: the rescue, rescue, or rescuing, depending on context.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• إنقاذ = rescue / a rescue
• الإنقاذ = the rescue

In this sentence, the meaning is specific, so Arabic uses the definite form.

اليوم means today.

Here it functions as an adverb of time: it tells you when the rescue begins.

So the sentence structure is:

• يبدأ = begins
• الإنقاذ = the rescue
• اليوم = today

Basically both.

Its basic meaning is the noun day, but in many sentences it is used adverbially to mean today.

So in:

• يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم

اليوم is functioning like an adverb of time: today.

This is very common in Arabic.

A common pronunciation is:

yabdaʾu al-inqāḏu al-yawma

In normal pause at the end of the sentence, many case endings are not clearly pronounced, so you may often hear something closer to:

yabdaʾ al-inqāḏ al-yawm

A rough breakdown:

• يبدأ = yabdaʾ
• الإنقاذ = al-inqāḏ
• اليوم = al-yawm

Because the verb comes from بدأ, which contains a hamza as part of the root pattern.

So the hamza is not optional here; it is part of the correct spelling and pronunciation.

Compare:

• بدأ = he began
• يبدأ = he/it begins

The final hamza is still there in the present form.

In fully vocalized Modern Standard Arabic, it would typically be:

يبدأُ الإنقاذُ اليومَ

Why?

• يبدأُ: present tense verb, usually ending in -u in this kind of basic sentence
• الإنقاذُ: the subject, so it is in the nominative
• اليومَ: an adverbial expression of time, often in the accusative

In everyday reading and speech, these endings are often not pronounced clearly, especially at the end of phrases.

Because in Arabic, the subject does not have to come before the verb to be the subject.

In verbal sentences, the normal order is often:

• verb + subject

So even though الإنقاذ comes after يبدأ, it is still the subject, and therefore it is nominative.

Yes.

The Arabic present/imperfect tense often covers both:

• present meaning: begins
• near-future meaning: will begin

With اليوم, English might translate it either way depending on context:

• The rescue begins today
• The rescue will begin today

Both can be correct.

Yes.

• يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم = The rescue begins today / The rescue will begin today
• سيبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم = The rescue will begin today

Adding سـ to the verb makes the future meaning more explicit.

So سيبدأ is often used when you want to clearly say will begin.

Because the subject الإنقاذ is:

• singular
• masculine

So the verb must be 3rd person masculine singular:

• يبدأ

If the subject were feminine singular, you would usually use تبدأ instead.

Both can relate to the meaning to begin, but يبدأ is the much more common and straightforward choice here.

• بدأ / يبدأ = to begin
• ابتدأ / يبتدئ = to begin, commence

In many everyday and news-style contexts, يبدأ sounds simpler and more common.

Yes, Arabic allows some flexibility.

Possible versions include:

• يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم
• الإنقاذ يبدأ اليوم
• اليوم يبدأ الإنقاذ

All are possible, but the emphasis changes:

• يبدأ الإنقاذ اليوم: neutral, common verbal sentence
• الإنقاذ يبدأ اليوم: emphasizes the rescue
• اليوم يبدأ الإنقاذ: emphasizes today

So word order in Arabic can help highlight different parts of the message.