הנשיא דיבר היום.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• נשיא = president
• הנשיא = the president

Unlike English, Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the beginning of the word instead of writing it as a separate word.

It is pronounced roughly ha-na-SEE.

A more detailed breakdown:

• ה = ha
• נשיא = na-si
• stress: usually on the last syllable, so ha-na-SI

In modern Hebrew, נשיא means president.

דיבר means spoke or talked.

It is:

• past tense
• third person
• masculine singular

So by itself, דיבר means he spoke.

Because the subject is הנשיא (the president), the verb matches it: the president spoke.

Hebrew verbs in the past tense change according to gender and number.

Since הנשיא is a masculine singular noun, the verb appears in the masculine singular form:

• דיבר = he spoke
• דיברה = she spoke

So if the subject were feminine, the verb would need to change.

The root is ד־ב־ר.

This root is connected with speech and speaking. From it you get words and forms like:

• דיבר = he spoke
• מדבר = speaking / speaks / speaker, depending on context
• דיבור = speech
• לדבר = to speak

This helps learners recognize related vocabulary more easily.

That is a very common learner question.

Literally, היום can look like the day:

• יום = day
• היום = the day

But in normal usage, היום is also the standard word for today.

So in this sentence, היום means today, not the day.

Context usually makes the meaning clear.

No, Hebrew word order is fairly flexible.

This sentence has a very natural order:

• הנשיא = the president
• דיבר = spoke
• היום = today

So: The president spoke today.

But Hebrew could also move things around for emphasis, for example:

• היום הנשיא דיבר = Today, the president spoke
• דיבר היום הנשיא = more marked or literary

So the given order is natural and neutral, but it is not the only possible order.

Because in Hebrew, the past-tense verb already includes that information.

דיבר already means he spoke, so you do not need to add a separate pronoun.

Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb form already makes the subject clear.

That means:

• דיבר = he spoke
• אני דיברתי = I spoke
• דיברנו = we spoke

In this sentence, the noun הנשיא is the subject, so there is no need for הוא (he).

Not necessarily. דיבר can cover both spoke and talked, depending on context.

So this sentence could be understood as:

• The president spoke today
• The president talked today

English sometimes chooses one or the other based on style, but Hebrew uses דיבר for both kinds of meaning in many situations.

Yes. The sentence is written in normal modern Hebrew spelling, which usually does not show vowel marks.

With vowel points, it would look like this:

• הַנָּשִׂיא דִּיבֵּר הַיּוֹם

But in everyday writing, Hebrew is normally written without those marks:

• הנשיא דיבר היום

So learners need to get used to recognizing words from context and familiarity.

In most basic contexts, דיבר is best translated as spoke.

Hebrew does not map onto English tenses exactly. The Hebrew past tense can sometimes correspond to different English past-style translations depending on context, but in a simple sentence like this, spoke is the most natural choice.

So for learning purposes:

• דיבר = spoke

is the safest understanding here.