האימות עוזר לזהות את בעל הכרטיס.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the. So האימות is literally the verification / the authentication.

Hebrew often uses the definite article in places where English prefers no article, especially with general processes, official procedures, or concepts understood in context. So a sentence like האימות עוזר... is perfectly natural even if English translates it more smoothly as Verification helps...

Because עוזר agrees with the subject האימות.

In this sentence, אימות is treated as a masculine singular noun, so the present-tense verb form is masculine singular: עוזר. This is a useful reminder that noun endings do not always reliably tell you gender. Even if a word looks like it might belong to a common feminine pattern, the actual grammatical gender is what controls agreement.

Here it is a verb: the present-tense form of לעזור = to help.

Hebrew present tense uses forms that historically behave a bit like participles, so they can sometimes look adjective-like. But in this sentence, עוזר is clearly functioning as the verb:

האימות עוזר = the authentication helps

So the whole structure is simply subject + present-tense verb + infinitive phrase.

לזהות is the infinitive to identify.

The prefix ל־ on an infinitive usually corresponds to English to. After a verb like עוזר, Hebrew commonly uses ל־ + infinitive:

עוזר לזהות = helps identify / helps to identify

The underlying verb is זיהה = he identified.

את marks a definite direct object.

It usually does not get translated into English, but it is grammatically important in Hebrew. In this sentence, the thing being identified is בעל הכרטיס, and that phrase is definite, so Hebrew uses את:

לזהות את בעל הכרטיס

A good way to think of it is: את tells you that the next phrase is the specific thing receiving the action.

Because this is a construct chain, a very common Hebrew structure meaning X of Y.

In a construct chain, the first noun often does not take ה־ by itself. If the second noun is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite.

So:

• בעל כרטיס = a cardholder / owner of a card
• בעל הכרטיס = the cardholder / owner of the card

That is why את is used before it: the whole object phrase is definite.

No. Here בעל means owner or holder.

This word has several meanings in Hebrew, and context decides which one is intended. In formal, technical, or administrative language, בעל often means the person who possesses or holds something:

• בעל הכרטיס = cardholder
• בעל החשבון = account holder
• בעל הרכב = vehicle owner

So in this sentence, it definitely does not mean husband.

Not naturally in this context.

Hebrew strongly prefers the construct form בעל הכרטיס for this kind of relationship. Using של here would sound much less idiomatic, and הבעל would strongly suggest the husband, which would be misleading.

So the natural Hebrew phrasing is:

בעל הכרטיס

not

הבעל של הכרטיס