התנועה בחשבון שינתה את היתרה.

Literally, תנועה does mean movement or motion. But in banking and financial Hebrew, תנועה בחשבון often means a transaction, an account entry, or activity on the account.

So in this sentence, התנועה בחשבון is best understood as the transaction in the account or the account activity.

Because ב־ is an inseparable preposition in Hebrew. It means in / at / on, and it attaches directly to the next word.

So:

• חשבון = account
• בחשבון = in an account / in the account

Also, if the noun is definite, the ה־ of the is absorbed into the preposition:

• ב + החשבון → בחשבון

This is a very common pattern with ב־, ל־, and כ־.

Without vowel marks, it can technically mean either one.

With ניקוד:

• בְּחשבון = in an account
• בַּחשבון = in the account

In normal unpointed Hebrew, both are written בחשבון. Context tells you which one is meant. In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as in the account or on the account, because a specific account is usually being discussed.

Because the subject התנועה is feminine singular.

In Hebrew, past-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• התנועה שינתה = the transaction changed
• התנועות שינו = the transactions changed

So שינתה is the correct form for a feminine singular subject.

שינתה is past tense, third-person feminine singular. In this sentence it means changed.

The basic dictionary form is usually the infinitive לשנות = to change.

Some related forms:

• שינה = he changed
• שינתה = she changed / it changed (feminine)
• שינו = they changed

Here, the subject is not a person, so in English we would usually say it changed.

את is the direct object marker. It appears before a definite direct object.

Here, the direct object is היתרה = the balance, so Hebrew uses את:

• שינתה את היתרה = changed the balance

את usually is not translated into English. It is a grammar marker, not a separate meaning word here.

Because the sentence is referring to a specific balance: the balance.

Compare:

• יתרה = a balance / balance
• היתרה = the balance

Since the object is definite, Hebrew uses both:

• את before the object
• ה־ on the noun

So את היתרה is the natural form for the balance as a direct object.

Yes, this is very normal Modern Hebrew word order.

The sentence is built like this:

• התנועה בחשבון = the transaction in the account
• שינתה = changed
• את היתרה = the balance

So the full structure is basically:

• subject + verb + object

Hebrew can start with the verb in some contexts, but subject-first is extremely common in everyday language, especially when the subject is definite and already known.

Most naturally, it goes with התנועה.

So:

• התנועה בחשבון = the transaction in the account

That means בחשבון is helping identify which transaction we are talking about. It is not mainly saying that the changing happened in the account; it is describing the noun תנועה.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

hat-nu-AH ba-khesh-BON shin-TA et ha-yit-RAH

A more Hebrew-style transliteration would be:

hatnu'a baḥeshbon shinta et hayitra

Helpful notes:

• ח sounds like a throaty kh.
• Stress is mostly on the last syllable:
  • תנועה → tnu'AH
  • חשבון → kheshBON
  • שינתה → shinTA
  • יתרה → yitRA