Questions & Answers about החוט עובר דרך המחט.
A common pronunciation is:
ha-khut over dérekh ha-máchat
A more detailed breakdown:
- החוט = ha-khut
- עובר = over
- דרך = derekh
- המחט = ha-machat
A few pronunciation notes for English speakers:
- ח is the throaty sound heard in words like Chanukah or the German Bach. It is not an English h.
- ע in modern Hebrew is often very light or even silent in everyday speech, so עובר is usually just pronounced over.
- כ in החוט is also the same throaty kh sound here.
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.
So:
- חוט = thread
- החוט = the thread
- מחט = needle
- המחט = the needle
Hebrew usually adds ה־ directly to the beginning of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.