Breakdown of שירות הלקוחות מזהה את בעל הכרטיס.
Questions & Answers about שירות הלקוחות מזהה את בעל הכרטיס.
Literally, שירות הלקוחות means the service of the customers, but in natural English it means customer service.
This is a very common Hebrew pattern: two nouns are linked together to form a fixed expression. In this sentence:
- שירות = service
- הלקוחות = the customers
So שירות הלקוחות is the department or function called customer service.
Because שירות הלקוחות is a construct phrase in Hebrew, also called סמיכות.
In a construct phrase, the first noun usually does not take ה־, even when the whole phrase is definite. Instead, definiteness is usually shown on the second noun.
So:
- שירות לקוחות = customer service / customer service in a general sense
- שירות הלקוחות = the customer service
Even though the whole phrase is definite in English, only the second word gets ה־.