בכידון המקורי יש שריטה.

there is

Breakdown of בכידון המקורי יש שריטה.

• כידון: handlebars
• שריטה: scratch
• מקורי: original

Questions & Answers about בכידון המקורי יש שריטה.

What does בכידון break down into?

It is made of:

• ב־ = in / on / at
• כידון = handlebar (or a similar part, depending on context)

So בכידון literally means in/on the handlebar.

In this sentence, English will usually translate it more naturally as something like the original handlebar has a scratch or there is a scratch on the original handlebar.

Why doesn’t כידון have a separate ה for the?

Because Hebrew prepositions often absorb the definite article.

So:

• ב + ה + כידון becomes בכידון

In pointed Hebrew, בכידון could be pronounced differently depending on whether it means in a handlebar or in the handlebar. In normal unpointed writing, both are written the same way.

In this sentence, we know it is definite because of המקורי: the adjective is marked as definite, so the noun phrase is understood as the original handlebar.

Why is it המקורי and not just מקורי?