החיוב הישיר כתוב בדף החשבון.

The direct debit is written on the bank statement.

Breakdown of החיוב הישיר כתוב בדף החשבון.

• כתוב: written
• דף חשבון: bank statement
• חיוב ישיר: direct debit

Questions & Answers about החיוב הישיר כתוב בדף החשבון.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not written or spoken.

So:

• החיוב הישיר כתוב בדף החשבון literally looks like:
  • the direct debit
  • written
  • on the account page

But in natural English, you translate it with is:

• The direct debit is written on the account page.

This is very normal in Hebrew. In the present tense, Hebrew often just places the subject and description next to each other.

What does כתוב mean here, and why is it not a regular verb like כותב?

Here, כתוב means written.

It is not the active verb כותב (writes / is writing). Instead, כתוב is functioning more like an adjective or passive participle:

• כותב = writing / writes
• כתוב = written

So the sentence is not saying that the direct debit writes something. It is saying that it is written somewhere.

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• השם כתוב כאן = The name is written here
• המספר כתוב בדף = The number is written on the page

Why do both החיוב and הישיר have ה־?